Cartographica Neerlandica Background for Ortelius Map No. 156

Title: PRVSSIAE | REGIONIS SARMATIAE | EVROPAE NOBILISS. VE:|RA ET NOVA DESCRIPTIO | "Auctore | Gasparo Hennebergo Erlichensi Pas:|tore Mulhausensi | Priuilegio decennali | 1584." [A noble, true and new depiction of Prussia, the Sarmatian region of Europe, by Gaspar Henneberger of Erlich, pastor of Mühlhausen, with a privilege for ten years, 1584.] (Left centre:) "Flante Zephyro hic | multum Succini col|ligitur." [When the westwind blows, much amber is collected here.] (Top centre:) "Borea flante hic succinum col:|ligitur" [When the north wind blows, amber is collected here.] (Top right corner cartouche with 16 lines of text and symbols, mostly in two columns).

Plate size: 363 x 429 mm
Scale: 1 : 900,000
Identification number: Ort 156 (Koeman/Meurer: 104, Karrow: 1/150, vdKrogtAN: 1720:31B).

Occurrence in Theatrum editions and page number:

1584L3Addblank (100 copies printed) (identical with 1584L, but here without a page number; last line, left aligned: optimè,meo iudicio,Andreas Aurifaber, Vratislauiensis;peculiari opusculo;Latinè & Germanicè.),
1584G3Add5 in upper right corner (75 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, in Gothic script like the entire text: in einem besonderen Büchlein/Lateinisch und Teutsch.),
1584L87 (750 copies printed) (identical with 1584L3Add, but here with page number; last line, left aligned: optimè,meo iudicio,Andreas Aurifaber, Vratislauiensis;peculiari opusculo;Latinè & Germanicè.) ,
1585F3Add12 (75 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: les autres.),
1587F87 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: de Preslaw Slesien, en a fait vn petit liure particulier en Latin et Alleman,& surpasse tous les autres.),
1588S87 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: que todos Andres Aurifabro,Vratislauiense,en vn opusculo particular en Latin y en Aleman.),
1592L94 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: iudicio,Andreas Aurifaber, Vratislauiensis,peculiari opusculo,Latinè & Germanicè.),

Approximate number of copies printed: 2075.

States: 156.1 only.

Cartographic sources: Caspar Henneberger (1529-1600), who made a large woodcut Prussia map which was published in 1576 (Meurer p. 164-165).

Remarks: Replaced in 1595 by plate Ort 157, which has a ship below the cartouche at the left, whereas this plate has a ship below the cartouche at the right. Also, the late plate's title stops at "Erlichens".

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