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1590. BOOK. (ATLAS). ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM:. EPITOME OF ABRAHAM ORTELIUS’S THEATRE OF THE WORLD. In which the true situation, nature, and characteristics of the entire earth are presented, both through illustrations and text. Antwerp: Imp. Plantinienne, for Philippe Galle, 1590. 12º landscape format. Title page, 6 leaves (including an engraving serving as a frontispiece). 94 engraved maps, with explanatory text on the reverse, 2 leaves. Copper engravings, each plate approx. 8 x 10.5 cm. Slight ink stain on the lower margin of some pages, which in no way affects the maps. Bound in vellum, with gold thread on the maps. Several handwritten bookplates from previous owners of different eras. French edition of the famous pocket atlas (the first, from 1579, contains 72 maps; the second, from 1583, contains 83). Notable maps include the world map, the continents (Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas), England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Eastern European countries, China, India, etc.