1598 Ancient Hispania: Hispaniae

1598 Ancient Hispania: Hispaniae
ABRAHAM ORTELIUS
Antwerp 1527 - 1598

Ancient Hispania: Hispaniae Veteris Descriptio. Former conatibus…. Abraham. Ortelii. “Parergon, .. ” Antwerp; ex Officina Plantiniana. . 1586
Measurements 375 x 490 mm plate
Map of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, created and engraved by Ortelius, Philip II's geographer since 1573, for the "Parergon", supplement to the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum". Insert : Map of Tartessos and the Golfo de Cádiz., (9 x 8.5 cm), Three architectural cartouches with Title and author; Privilege, 1586 and dedication to the Spanish humanist Arias Montano; List of places not located. vintage colour.
Reverse: Description of Hispania in Latin. Engraving of a sestertius with the bust of “Hadrianus” laureate and of Hispania, with an olive branch and a rabbit at his feet.

Bibliography:

- Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, 2003 v. III, part A, p. 98