LIVONIÆ NOVA DESCRIPTIO IOANNE PORTANTIO AUCTORE, 1598

1598 Pietro Maria Marchetti (publisher): “LIVONIÆ NOVA DESCRIPTIO IOANNE PORTANTIO AUCTORE,”

Brescia and Venice, 4.2x 2.8 inches /10.7 x 7.2 cm, on a printed page with Italian text measuring 5.5 x 7.5 inches, in versions from his “Il Theatro del Mondo,” the second pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius‘ folio “Theatrum.” Note that “Lithvaniae Pars” is delineated east of “Duneberg.” It is often referred to as the plagiarized version of the Epitome, because the plates are closely copied from those of Philip Galle’s 1593 Italian edition, authorized by Ortelius. This map gives appropriate credit to Jan Portant, and his 1573 map of Livonia. He, in turn, may have based his map on earlier – and since lost – maps by Caspar Henneberger.