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Abrahami Ortelii Antuerpiani Thesaurus geographicus recognitus et auctus : in quo omnium totius terrae regionum, montium, promontoriorum, collium, syluarum, desertorum, insularum, portuum, populorum, vrbium, opidorum, pagorum, fanorum, tribuum: item oceani, marium, fretorum, fluuiorum, torrentium, sinuum, fontium, lacuum, paludemque nomina & appellationes veteres; additis magna ex parte etiam recentioribus. Ex libris typis excusis, calamo exaratis, chartis geographicis, marmoribus vetustis, nummis, atque tabulis antiqui aeris. Obiter multi in hoc opere auctorum veterum loci corrupti, falsi, dubii, & discrepantes, emendantur, arguuntur, enodantur & conciliantur

Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598 · 1611 · Hanouiae : Apud Haeredes Guilielmi Antonii · 4 pictures

Ortelius's 1611 Thesaurus geographicus, a Latin gazetteer of ancient and modern place names printed at Hanau by the heirs of Wilhelm Antonius for scholars and map readers. The four pictures are printer's ornaments: two strapwork cartouches with lion masks and rams' heads, a scrolled foliate border strip, and an oval emblem of a traveller on a rocky path under a Latin motto, showing how Renaissance title pages framed text with symmetrical scrollwork.

Names, Geographical · Geography · Imprint 1611

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