Poictov: Ortelius c. 1579

Title: Poictov Author: Abraham Ortelius Date: c. 1579 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good - toning, issued center fold, light foxing Inches: 19 3/4 x 14 1/4 [Image] Centimeters: 50.17 x 36.2 [Image] Product ID: 233035 Map of the region of Poitou, France by Abraham Ortelius. Pictonum Vicinarum Que Regionum Fidiss Descriptio. Auctore Nobili Dno Petro Rogiero Pictone, Regie, Mtis Galliae consiliario, etc. 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 Eur