Cartographica Neerlandica Background for Ortelius Map No. 105

Title: AVSTRIAE | DVCATVS CHORO:|GRAPHIA, WOLF|GANGO LAZIO | AVCTORE. [A map of the Duchy of Austria by Wolfgang Lazius.] (Lower left:) "Cum priuilegio." [With privilege].

Plate size: 341 x 468 mm
Scale: 1 : 1,100,000
Identification number: Ort 105 (Koeman/Meurer: 27, Karrow: 1/37, vdKrogtAN: 2710:31A).

Occurrence in Theatrum editions and page number:

1570L(AC)27 (225 copies printed) (last line, centred like two lines above it: scripsit huius Regionis Metropolim Viennam.),
1570L(B)27 (100 copies printed) (last line, centred like two lines above it: descripsit huius Regionis Metropolim Viennam.),
1571L27 (275 copies printed) (last line, centred like four lines above it: Metropolim Viennam.),
1571/1573D27 (350 copies printed) (last line, in cursive script like the entire text, centred like two lines above it: "en weten wij niet te segghen".),
1572G27Koler (pasted over p.27 of a 1570L edition; few copies printed)(last line, left aligned, in Gothic scipt: des Hauptstatt/sehr schön beschriben.),
1572/1573G27 (225 copies printed) (last line, cursive like the entire text, centred like 2 lines above it: "wissen wir nitt eygentlich zu sagen".),
1572/1574F27 (225 copies printed) (last line, centred like 4 lines above it: nous n'en scaurions que dire.),
1573L(A)34 (40 copies printed) (5th line from the top ends: proten ; last line, centred like 4 lines above it: Regionis Metropolim Viennam. Third line from bottom ends: conti- ),
1573L(B)34 (40 copies printed) (5th line from the top ends: proten- ; last line, centred like 4 lines above it: Regionis Metropolim Viennam. Third line from bottom ends: conti- ),
1574L34 (175 copies printed) (large page number, 11 mm; last line, centred like 4 lines above it: Regionis Metropolim Viennam. Third line from bottom ends: conti- ; ),
1575L34 (100 copies printed) (small page number, 7 mm; last line, centred like 4 lines above it: Regionis Metropolim Viennam. Third line from bottom ends: conti ),
1579L(A)50 (250 copies printed) (last line, centred like 3 lines above it: regionis Metropolim Viennam. ; second line from the top ends: superior ad),
1579L(B)50 (250 copies printed) (last line, centred like 3 lines above it: regionis Metropolim Viennam. ; second line from the top ends: superior),
1580/1589G50 (350 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, in Gothic script: der seinen Episteln die hauptstatt dises Lands/nehmlich Wien/gantz herrlich und schön beschriben.),
1581F50 (400 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: different entr'eux,nous n'en sçaurions que dire.),
1584L56 (750 copies printed) (last line, centred like two lines above it: huius regionis metropolim Viennam.),
1587F56 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: combien elles different entr'eux, nous n'en sçaurions que dire.),
1588S56 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: galanamente a Vienna, ciudad metropolitana d'esta prouincia.),
some 1592L60 (200 copies printed) (last line, centred like two lines above it: huius regionis metropolim Viennam.),
some 1595L63 (125 copies printed) (last line: contigit. Idé pulcherrimè in suis epitolis descripsit huius regionis metropolim Viennam.),
few 1598/1610/1613D50 (50 copies printed).

Approximate number of copies printed: 4675.

States: 105.1 as above.
105.2: between 1570 and 1571, the river name "Stubming flu." was added just left of the region Tragos at the centre of the map;
105.3: after 1580 and before 1581, strong horizontal hatching added in all lakes and rivers; also additional hachuring in mile scale at lower left, and in Newsidler See and Ebensee.

Cartographic sources: Wolfgang Lazius 1514-1565 (Karrow 49/2-3.1, p. 334-343, Meurer p. 181-184).

Remarks: The representation of lakes is faulty, and the courses of the rivers Drau, Mur, Gurk, and Lavant are badly misdrawn. The rivers in the North are much more accurately represented.

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