Totius Orbis Cogniti Universalis Descriptio, Antwerp, 1593 (engraving)

Dated 1589 (but 1593) Engraved world map, on a rectangular projection, image 360 x 508 mm (451 x 592 mm sheet). Surmounted by the title set in a framed cartouche, with two small hemisphere maps at each of the upper corners, Latin text on verso. (Very light browning along edges, short marginal tear to fold repaired on verso.) Matted and framed. Second edition from de Jode's Speculum Orbis Terrarum issued in 1593. The map was drawn up by Cornelis in November 1589, and printed by his father Gerard. The first edition of the Speculum was published by Gerard in 1587, in competition with Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Unfortunately it failed to make the same popular impact, and relatively few copies were sold. Cornelius's son Gerard tried again with the second edition in 1593, but again the virtual monopoly of the Antwerp atlas market by Ortelius was not to be broken, and maps from all editions of the Speculum are rare. Shirley 165.