Cartographica Neerlandica Background for Ortelius Map No. 46

Title: PI:|CARDIAE | Belgicę regio:|nis descriptio | "Joanne Surhonio | auctore." [A depiction by Jean de Surhon of Picardy, a region of Belgium]. (Lower left corner:) "Cum Imp. et Reg. | priuilegio decenn | 1579". [With imperial and royal privilege for ten years. 1579]

Plate size: 330 x 514 mm
Scale: 1 : 350,000
Identification number: Ort 46 (Koeman/Meurer: 77, Karrow: 1/112, van der Krogt AN: 4100:31).

Occurrence in Theatrum editions and page number:

1579/1580L2Add15A (250 copies printed) (identical to 1579L, except for page number; last line, centred like 3 lines above it: nostra tabula continetur.),
1579L(AB)21 (500 copies printed) (identical to 1579/1580L2Add, except for page number; last line, centred like 3 lines above it: nostra tabula continetur.),
1580G2Add15a (no further data.),
1580/1589G21 (350 copies printed) (last line, centred like 4 lines above it, in Gothic script like the entire text: also geseßt.),
1581F21 (400 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: Carte.),
1584L25 (750 copies printed) (last line, centred like three lines above it: nostra tabula continetur.),
1587F25 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: Carte.),
1588S25 (300 copies printed) (last line, centred like 3 lines above it: tenida en este nuestra tabla.),
1592L26 (525 copies printed) (penultimate text line ends: La- ; last line: tina facere)regiunculę. Hęc propria,hac nostra tabula continetur.),
1595L27 (500 copies printed) (penultimate text line ends: noua ; last line, full width: Latina facere)regiunculę. Hęc propria,hac nostra tabula continetur.),
1598/1610/1613D22 (100 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: "Tirasche".Het oprechte Picardyen is in dese onse Caerte afghebeelt.),
1598F24 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: noys& Tirasse. Ce propre pays de Picardie se voit aussi en nostre Carte.),
1601L27 (200 copies printed) (first I in title above C in first textline; last line, left aligned: culę. Hęc propria, hac nostra tabula continetur.),
1602G30 (250 copies printed) (last line, centred like 4 lines above it, in Gothic script like the entire text: also geseßt.),
1602S30 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: Esta propria es la Picardia contenida en esta nuestre tabla.),
1603blank (Vri1) no text or page number,
1603L30 (300 copies printed) (first I in title above A in first text line; last line, left aligned: culę. Hęc propria, hac nostra tabula continetur.),
1606E27 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: "nois", and "Tirasse. Picardy" properly so called is described in this our Table.),
1608/1612I33 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: si contiene nella nostra tauola, & non le altre parti di sopra nomate.),
1609/1612L32 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: culę. Hęc propria, hac nostra tabula continetur.).
1609/1612/1641S32 (325 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: rezuelas. Esta propria es la Picardia contenida en esta tabla.),

Approximate number of copies printed: 6725.

States: 46.1 above.
46.2: between 1584 and 1587 a considerable number of place names and one river name were added. In the upper right corner under the name Hannonia the name Sambre was added to the river; further, at the top right corner of the cartouche quite some place names were added, e.g. "Contre, Flouwy, Wally, Esclebecq, Vilers, Bacceul, Rivieres" and "Roßignolle".
46.3: During or after 1612S the date 1579 was removed.
46.4: after 1612, "Joan Galle excudit Antuerpię" was added in bottom right corner.
46.5: after 1641, "Joan Galle excudit Antuerpię" was covered during printing with strip of paper.

Cartographic sources: Jean Surhon received privilege for his Picardia map, which was only published here in 1579 (Karrow 74/3 p. 517-518, Meurer p. 251-252).

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