Lotharingiae Nova Descriptio: Ortelius, c.1600

Title: Lotharingiae Nova Descriptio Author: Abraham Ortelius Date: c.1600 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good Plus - age toning, wear along issued center fold Inches: 20 x 13 1/2 [Platemark] Centimeters: 50.8 x 34.29 [Platemark] Product ID: 233034 Map of Lorraine, France depicting the cities, towns, rivers, and other geographic features therein. Includes part of Luxembourg and Burgundy. 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 his exten