Imagined Corners: Exploring the World's First Atlas

Binding, Paul

ISBN 10: 0747230404 / ISBN 13: 9780747230403

Published by Review, 2003

About this Item

hardback, quarto, 10" x 7 3/4", a near fine tightly bound copy in a near fine pictorial dust wrapper that is now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve, the text is clean and unmarked, illustrated throughout in colour, 314pp.

Seller Inventory # 240463

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Imagined Corners: Exploring the World's First Atlas
• Publisher: Review
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747230404
• ISBN 13: 9780747230403
• Binding: hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Paul Binding is a novelist, critic, poet and cultural historian. He studied English Literature at Oxford University and is Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford. He reviews regularly, especially for the Independent on Sunday and Times Literary Supplement.