ATLAS. BOOK FROM THE XVIth CENTURY. ORTELIUS (Abraham)... Lot 300

[ATLAS]. [BOOK FROM THE XVIth CENTURY]. ORTELIUS (Abraham) Epitome of the theatre of the world... which represents, both by figures and characters, the true situation, nature, & property of the universal earth. À Anvers, de l'Imprimerie Plantinienne, 1598. In-8 oblong, antique soft vellum, smooth, muted spine (edge of lower board corroded, gap in margin of title, rounded corners, marginal wetness and stains; small, unimportant hole on maps of Crete and Cyprus). Atlas consisting of [8] leaves (title, epistle to the reader, Discourse of the sea, with a full-page copper-engraved vignette), 118 leaves, each comprising an engraved map with corresponding text opposite, [2] f. (table of maps); [8] f., the last blank, comprising "Addition d'aulcunes cartes", with 5 full-page engraved maps. A total of 123 full-page copper-engraved cards. PROVENANCE De Caumont, in Castelmoron (currently Castelmoron sur Lot; old signature on the title, followed by the motto Jay la gloire pour but, & la vertu pour [guide?])