Binding thinks like a scholar but he writes like a poet - Literary Review Paul Binding has researched deeply in the Dutch archives, and he moves easily between Low Countries history, bibliography and art history to produce an illuminating account of an extraordinary project - Spectator Binding's book is stunningly designed and worth every cent to lovers of history, maps and the history of books - Melbourne Age Richly illustrated and pleasingly designed, this is a book that will appeal to anyone with a passion either for maps or for Renaissance thought - Globe and Mail, Canada
Published in Antwerp in 1570, the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" did something no previous book had done: here was the world in all its component parts, the chance to see out planet as a place of staggering variety and ultimate unity. The world's first-ever atlas was the brain-child of Abraham Ortelius; it reflected the great vitality of the era, the prevailing zest for exploration and discovery and the linked activities of commerce and map-making. It was a work born of collaborative friendships: Ortelius' circle included two key figures of the age - printer Christophe Plantin and geographer Gerard Mercator. and brings vividly to life the Antwerp that produced Ortelius and his momentous work.
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Zustand: as new. London : Review, 2003. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 314 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - A beautifully illustrated history of the world s first atlas. The Theatrum orbis terrarum was a watershed publication; it changed lives and altered perceptions forever. Published in Antwerp in 1570, it did something no previous book had done: it presented the world in all its component parts, offering the chance to see our planet as a place of staggering variety and ultimate unity. It was the world s first atlas. Brainchild of Abraham Ortelius, the Theatrum reflected the enormous vitality of the era, the prevailing zest for exploration and discovery, and the linked activities of international commerce and mapmaking. Paul Binding has immersed himself in the Antwerp that produced Ortelius and his atlas, and he draws on a mass of letters, personal documents, maps, and pictures to bring it vividly to life. A masterly volume that stands as a tribute to the human need to impose order and reason on an all too turbulent world. Paul Binding is a novelist, critic, poet, cultural historian, and a Senior Associate Member of St Antony s College, Oxford. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9780747230403. Keywords : HISTORY OF SCIENCE, cartography. Artikel-Nr. 154479
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