Cartographica Neerlandica Background for Ortelius Map No. 156

© Marcel van den Broecke © Title: PRVSSIÆ/REGIONIS SARMATIÆ/EVROPÆ NOBILISS. VE:/RA ET NOVA DESCRIPTIO/Auctore/Gasparo Hennebergo Erlichensi Pas:/tore Mulhausensi/Priuilegio decennali/1584. [A noble, true and new depiction of Prussia, the Sarmatian region of Europe, by Gaspar Henneberger of Erlich, Pastor of Muhlhausen, with a privilege for ten years, 1584.] Left centre: Flante Zephyro hic/multum Succini col/ligitur. [When the westwind blows, much amber is collected here.] Top centre: Borea flante hic succinum col:ligitur [When the north wind blows, amber is collected here.](top right corner cartouche with 16 lines of text, mostly in two columns).

Plate size: 363 x 429 mm
Scale: 1 : 900,000
Identification number: Ort 156 (Koeman/Meurer: 104, Karrow: 1/150, vdKrogtAN: 1720:31B).

Occurrence in Theatrum editions and page number:
1584L3Addblank (100 copies printed) (identical with 1584L, but here without a page number; last line, left aligned: optimè,meo iudicio,Andreas Aurifaber, Vratislauiensis;peculiari opusculo;Latinè & Germanicè.),
1584G3Add5 in upper right corner (75 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, in Gothic script: in einem besonderen Büchlein/Lateinisch und Teutsch.),
1585F3Add12 (75 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: les autres.),
1584L87 (750 copies printed) (identical with 1584L3Add, but here with page number; last line, left aligned: optimè,meo iudicio,Andreas Aurifaber, Vratislauiensis;peculiari opusculo;Latinè & Germanicè.) ,
1587F87 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: de Preslaw Slesien, en a fait vn petit liure particulier en Latin et Alleman,& surpasse tous les autres.),
1588S87 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: que todos Andres Aurifabro,Vratislauiense,en vn opusculo particular en Latin y en Aleman.),
1592L94 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: iudicio,Andreas Aurifaber, Vratislauiensis,peculiari opusculo,Latinè & Germanicè.),
some 1595L (100 copies printed).

Approximate number of copies printed: 2175.

States: 156.1 only.

Cartographic sources: Caspar Henneberger (1529-1600) who made a large woodcut Prussia map which was published in 1576 (Meurer p. 164-165).

Remarks: Replaced during 1595 by plate Ort 157, which has a ship below the cartouche at the left, whereas this plate has a ship below the cartouche at the right. Also, the late plate's title stops at "Erlichens".

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