Image sizes range from 4-5/8 to 7 inches in the short dimension and from 6-7/8 to 10-3/4 inches in the long dimension, whether horizontal or vertical. Each photograph and etching is signed, by Friedlander and Dine, in pencil on recto of mount beneath each respective image, near the bottom of each sheet. Each sheet pairs one photograph (mounted on the etching sheet) with one etching, except for the introductory page, which pairs a photograph by Friedlander of himself and Dine, on the left, with a short preface by Dine, on the right.
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Portfolio edition of 75 signed and numbered plus 15 artists' copies, with 17 vintage gelatin silver prints printed by Friedlander in New City, New York, and 16 etchings printed by Dine in Amsterdam. SHIPPING NOTE: due to size and weight, additional shipping fees apply (calculated at actual cost).
PAYMENT: by check or wire transfer (please inquire about payment by credit card). Pricing and availability are subject to change (price is net to all promotional discounts do not apply). For example 'le capne Alberico paid 36 guilders for a coloured and bound copy in September 1588' (Imhof, page 89). the Plantin archives record a few copies of the atlas being sent to the Spanish court, with lavish colouring heightened with gold and silver, however the production values of the ordinarily published coloured copies were still very high. That it was is proven by the fact that the atlas went into production, and between 15 255 copies were printed.
Plantin did not dare to start to print the text before he was certain that his dedication to the crown prince would be accepted" (Dirk Imhof "The Production of Ortelius Atlases by Christopher Plantin", in Abraham Ortelius and the First Atlas: Essays Commemorating the Quadricentennial of his Death 1598-1998, page 88). By the start of 1587, Plantin had begun to write to individuals who were close to the Spanish court in order to determine whether this gesture would be well received. One means of attaining this goal was to dedicate a Spanish version of the atlas to the future king, Philip III. Following his return to Antwerp in 1585, he did everything he could to convince the Spanish of his loyalty, despite his stay in the Calvinist, anti-Spanish town of Leiden. The publication of this Spanish atlas appears to have been very important for Plantin. Thus, once the texts had been printed, Ortelius' print atelier saw to the printing of the maps on the backs of the sheets and then returned them to Plantin. Ortelius' contribution was limited to printing the maps. "In contrast with previous editions, this edition was solely Plantin's project and consequently Plantin, not Ortelius, took the role of publisher. Subsequently published in 1602 by Vrients, with 117 maps, and in 1609-1612 with 128 maps. THE RARE FIRST SPANISH EDITION OF ORTELIUS'S THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM, PUBLISHED IN THE SAME YEAR THAT PHILIP II's SPANISH ARMADA SAILED AGAINST ELIZABETH I's ENGLAND The first edition in Spanish, and the first of Ortelius's atlases to be entirely published, rather than printed, by Christopher Plantin. Provenance: with the near contemporary ownership inscription at the head of the dedication leaf "Juan de Calder doscientos" and offset onto the verso of the title-page profuse 18th-century annotations in a neat Spanish script, adding historical context and referencing important relevant texts throughout, with a Table of Contents "Tabla de las Mapas de Cite Libro", in the same hand, dated 14th August, 1757, tipped in after the printed Contents with an autograph document signed by Ambrosio Gonzalez, dated 19th April 1858, conferring a military command, loosely inserted.
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Beautiful full 17th-century Spanish mottled sheep, the spine in seven compartments, with six raised bands, tan morocco lettering-piece in the second, the others decorated with fine gilt tools of bunches of daisies interspersed with small cleft pomegranate of Aragon tools, French hand-coloured decorative endpapers captioned 'A Paris chez Les Associes No 119' (lower cover and extremities a bit scuffed).
Elaborate engraved allegorical title-page, double-page world map "Typus Orbis Terrarum", undated and with the South American coastline retaining its destinctive bulge (small separation at foot of the centre-fold), 99 double-page maps of the world, and historiated initials, all with MAGNIFICENTLY RICH CONTEMPORARY HAND-COLOUR IN FULL (without A4, the portrait of Ortelius, the map of Spain a bit creased with one or two short marginal tears occasionally crossing the image, and strengthened at an early date along the verso of the left-hand edge and the centre-fold, short early repair to tear on verso of map of Crete), extra-illustrated with large folding prospectus for a map of the Kingdom of Portugal, to be printed in Salamanca, ca 1738-1753, tipped-in after the Contents, and a small folding engraved plate "Carta del Viage de los Israelites", 1747, at end.