A stunning copperplate engraving of three maps: one showing the area around Villach along the Dravus River (today's Drava), in the region of Carinthia, Austria (noted under the German name "Karnten" on the map), the second showing the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf, and the third showing the area around Zarar and Sebenico (modern day Zadar and Sibenik). The maps are extremely detailed, and one even shows the bridges over the river.

With accompanying text in Latin on the verso. In excellent condition for its age. With small tear to one of the edges, barely reaching the image. Reinforced along the fold on the verso.

Van den Broecke 143.

Abraham Ortelius is perhaps the best known and most frequently collected of all sixteenth-century mapmakers. He is recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.

On May 20, 1570, Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum first appeared in an edition of 70 maps. By the time of his death in 1598, a total of 25 editions were published including editions in Latin, Italian, German, French, and Dutch. Later editions would also be issued in Spanish and English by Ortelius’ successors, Vrients and Plantin, the former adding a number of maps to the atlas, the final edition of which was issued in 1612. Most of the maps in Ortelius' Theatrum were drawn from the works of a number of other mapmakers from around the world; a list of 87 authors is given by Ortelius himself.