Atrebatum Regionis Vera Descriptio: Ortelius c. 1600

Title: Atrebatum Regionis Vera Descriptio Author: Abraham Ortelius Date: c. 1600 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Good - age toning, tide marks and discoloration along issued center fold, light foxing Inches: 19 1/4 x 14 7/8 [Image] Centimeters: 48.9 x 37.78 [Image] Product ID: 318004 Map of Atrebatum, present-day Artois in northern France. Shows part of the English Channel near the left-hand border. Abraham Ortelius was a true Renaissance man. He served as Cosmographer to Phillip II, King of Spain, and in addition worked as a book dealer, cartographer, numismatist, naturalist, and historian. He had wide interests in classical scholarship and made his fortune in bookmaking and selling. He spoke six languages and had reasonable command of two others. He was without doubt one of the most prominent citizens of Antwerp in the late-sixteenth century, when the city stood as a global trading center, “the city of cities.” He had contacts throughout Europe from hi