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(PEUTINGER MAP.) Ortelius, Abraham; and Bertius. Tabula Itineraria ex Illustri Peutingerorum Bibliotheca Quae Augustae Vindel. Four double-page engraved mapsheets, unjoined, 430x540 mm each, ample margins; later hand-color in full; faintest hint of dampstaining in the corners, professionally cleaned. [Paris: Bertius], 1598 [but 1619]
The Ortelius reproduction of the Tabula Peutingeriana is a fantastic example of the transfer of knowledge from the Ancient Roman world to Renaissance Europe. The distant ancestor of this map was originally conceived in 4th or 5th century Rome, some descendant of that map was subsequently copied by a monk in the 13th century, whose work was in turn copied by Ortelius in 1598. Next to Ptolemy's maps, this is one of the few pieces of Ancient cartography to have made it (albeit circuitously) into modern times.
