Cartographica Neerlandica Background for Ortelius Map No. 106

Title: AVSTRIAE | DESCRIP. | "per" |WOLFGANGVM | LAZIVM. [Depiction of Austria by Wolfgang Lazius].

Plate size: 356 x 468 mm
Scale: 1 : 1,100,000
Identification number: Ort 106 (Koeman/Meurer: 140, not in Karrow, vdKrogtAN: 2710:31B).

Occurrence in Theatrum editions and page number:

some 1592L60 (325 copies printed) (last line, centred like two lines above it: huius regionis metropolim Viennam.),
most 1595L63 (375 copies printed) (last line, full width: contigit.Idê pulcherrimè in suis epitolis descripsit huius regionis metropolim Viennam.),
1598F65 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: combien elles different entr'eux, nous n'en sçaurions que dire.),
most 1598/1610/1613D50 (50 copies printed) (last line, in cursive script like the entire text, centred like three lines above it: "verschillen, en vveten vvy niet te segghen".),
1601L63 (200 copies printed) (last line, full width: cõtigit. Idê pulcherrimè in suis epistolis descripsit huius regionis metropolim Viennam.),
1602G66 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, in Gothic script like the entire text: seinen Episteln die Hauptstatt dises Lands/nemlich Wien/gantz herzlich und schön beschriben.),
1602S66 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: galanamente a Vienna, ciudad metropolitana d'esta prouincia.),
1603L66 (300 copies printed) (text, but not typesetting and page number identical with 1609/1612L; 6th line from the top ends: protenditur. Ab ; last line, full width: cõtigit.Idê pulcherrimè in suis epistolis descripsit huius regionis metropolim Viennam.),
1606E63 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: Epistles passing well described "Vienna" or "VVien", the chiefe citie of this Prouince.),
1608/1612I71 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: sue epistole Vienna Metropoli & citta principale di questa regione, per eccellentia.),
1609/1612L66 (300 copies printed) (6th line from the top ends: protendit. Ab ; last line, full width: cõtigit.Idê pulcherrimè in suis epistolis descripsit huius regionis metropolim Viennam.),
1609/1612/1641S69 (325 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: dad metropolotana d'esta prouincia.).

Approximate number of copies printed: 3500.

States: 106.1 only.

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

Remarks: preceded by plate Ort 105, which has a free standing oval cartouche, whereas this late plate has a round cartouche hugging the frame. Over the period 1592 to 1598, both the early and the late plate were used.

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