A fine example of Ortelius’s pocket atlas

A charming pocket atlas, dedicated to the co-sovereigns of the Habsburg Netherlands between 1598 and 1621. The so-called 'Epitome' was the Europe's first pocket atlas, with maps reduced from Ortelius's Theatrum by Philip Galle. First published in 1577, the Epitome increased in size as new maps were added to the Theatrum and then reduced by Galle. In 1601 the plates for both the Theatrum and Epitome were bought by Vrients, who added new double-hemisphere world and celestial maps, neither after Ortelius.