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[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]
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[A unique, made-to-order edition, of the Parergon, in quo Veteris geographiae aliquot tabulae.]

Maker / Publisher: ORTELIUS, A.
Place & Date: Antwerp, ca. 1601-1640
Colored: Uncolored.
Size: 410 x 284 mm / 16.1 x 11.2 inches
Condition: Folio. Marbled brown half-sheepskin cardboard covers covered with marbled paper (20th-century binding). 30 maps with blank verso printed on strong paper. Map 26 was cut out along the neat line with a small tear at the lower part and pasted on strong paper with very few brown spots. All the maps are dark and have strong impressions. Provenance : ''Ludovici Samarthini'' written in brown ink on verso at top of the first map .
   

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GRADING Overall Rating: 225 points, 10 stars
Historical Historical Significance: Key map ******
Beauty Beauty: General ****
Condition Condition Rating: Very fine *****
Rarity Rarity: An exceptionally rare and important map. ******
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This is a unique, made-to-order atlas of Ortelius's Atlas, "Parergon" or "Atlas of the ancient world." In 1579, Ortelius published his first Parergon (a series of maps illustrating ancient history, sacred and secular).
Koeman mentioned about the Parergon of Ortelius: This atlas of ancient geography must be regarded as a personal work of Ortelius. For this work he did not, as in the 'Theatrum', copy other people's maps but drew the originals himself which were later engraved by Jan Wierix … 
The maps in the Parergon have to be evaluated as the most outstanding engravings depicting the widespread interest in classical geography in the 16th century. In its final form, the Parergon was printed in 1642 as a separate book by Balthasar Moretus and was also bound together with the 1612 Latin Theatrum (P. van der Krogt, Atlantes Neerlandici, volume 3,31:055)

This atlas is a specially ordered composition containing 30 maps without text on the verso; 27 maps are from the "Parergon" and 3 by Van Lochom, all maps have blank versos and are printed on strong paper.
On the verso of the first map is a contemporary manuscript index of the included maps, written in brown ink. The maps are numbered on the recto in brown ink; according to this list,
According to the states, our Paregon maps can be dated from 1601 onwards and before 1624.

The only known example of an atlas with Parergon maps without printed text on the verso is an atlas of 25 maps quoted by van der Krogt in Atlantes Neerlandici  (31:79) and dated ca. 1600; it comprises 20 Parergon maps and five additional maps. (Stuttgart, Würtembergische Landesbibliothek, HBFb 284)
Our example has three added maps by Michel van Lochom’s; the maps can be dated ca. 1640.


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The three van Lochom maps, published in Paris c. 1640, are rare, very rare, and one is unknown.

-    Peregrinatio Israelitarum per desertum in terram promissam (rare)
-    Terra Sancta sive Palestina in qua Christus peregrinatus est (very rare).
-    Peregrinationis divi Pauli typus corographicus ? (no other example known). Based upon Ortelius.

Michel van Lochom was born in Antwerp in 1601. He became a member of the Guild of St Luke in Antwerp in 1613, where he was a pupil of Abraham van Merlen. He became a master of the guild in 1621. He moved to Paris in 1625, working as an engraver and print publisher until 1647. Louis_de_Saint-Marthe


Provenance : The owner of this atlas was a prominent humanist Louis de Sainte-Marthe (Loudun 1571- 1656), also written Louis de Saincte-Marthe or Ludovicus Sammarthanus: historian, genealogist, historiographer and a royal advisor.
There were joint contributions between the Plantin publishing house and Louis de Sainte-Marthe. Louis possibly bought the remaining maps without text from the Plantin House.

Louis de Sainte-Marth was very interested in the Holy Land and collaborated with the Benedictines Jean Chenu and Claude Robert on the monumental "Gallia Christiana" and likely added the three van Lochom maps after his return to Paris around or after 1640, when the van Lochum maps were published.


List of maps

The Parergon’s maps can be dated ca.  1601 :
-    1 Europa
-    3 Britannica insula
-    5 Hispania
-    7 Gallia julii Caesaris
-    9 Gallia
-    11 Belgium
-    13 Germania
-    15 Pannonia & Illyricum
-    17 Daeciae & Moesia
-    20 Thracia
-    22 Pontus Euxinus
-    24 Italia
-    26 Graecia
-    28 Graecia Major
-    30 Italia Gallica sive Gallia Cisalpina
-    32 Tuscia
-    34 Latium
-    36 Sicilia
-    38 Corsica, Etna Sardinia, Creta
-    40 Cyprus, multaque, alio insula
-    42 Africa proprie dicta
-    44 Aegyptus antiqua
-    46 Erythra sive Rubri maris Periplus
-    48 Peregrinatio Israelitorum in deserto
-    50 Terra Sancta in qua Christus peregrinatus
-    52 Typus Chorographicus celebrium locorum in regno Judae et Israelis
-    54 Peregrinatio Divi Pauli
-    56 Argonautica
-    58 Alexandri Macedonis Expeditio
-    60 Romanum Imperium

Three maps by van Lochom c. 1640 :
-    Peregrinatio Israelitarum per desertum in terram promissam (rare)
-    Terra Sancta sive Palestina in qua Christus peregrinatus est (very rare).
-    Peregrinationis divi Pauli typus corographicus ? (no other example known). Based upon Ortelius.


signature Louis de Sainte-Marthe (Loudun 1571- 1656), also written Louis de Saincte-Marthe or Ludovicus Sammarthanus. Historian, genealogist, historiographer, royal advisor. - Son of Scévole I and twin brother of Scévole II.
Louis de Sainte-Marthe belonged to the Sainte-Marthe family, a group of renowned humanists and scholars who flourished in France between the 16th and 18th centuries. The son of Scévole I (1536-1623), an illustrious poet and politician from Poitou, he began his humanist studies with his twin brother, Scévole, in Poitiers.
Later, the two brothers studied law in Angers. President de Thou made his rich library available to the young people. Louis and his brother Scévole devoted themselves to historiographical research. With his brother, he was appointed historian to the king in 1620 and began with the Histoire généalogique de la Maison de France, which was a great success.
The two continued with the Histoire généalogique de la maison de La Trémoïlle. Finally, they collaborated with the Benedictines Jean Chenu and Claude Robert on the monumental "Gallia Christiana" (1656).




Reference: See Koeman/van der Krogt, IIIA, 31:79. - Laor, 447




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