Title Page for Scherer’s Atlas Marianus Printed Area Measurement_10.7 x 14.5 cm named here Punt Tenago

named here Punt Tenago

additional light vertical creases to either side of centrefold

For Ortelius himself

printed in colours on thin paper

Though described in the title as a road map of France

Title Page for Scherer’s Atlas Marianus Printed Area Measurement_10.7 x 14.5 cm named here Punt Tenago[Title page] Anglorum Indoles Studia et Actiones In attempting to define the character of the English there is a strong emphasis on trade and discovery; note the map of New England under the arm of the gentleman in the foreground. This is an allegoricial engraving by Jospeh Montalegre of Nuremberg after Johannes Degler for Jesuit scholar Heinrich Scherers Atlas Marianus. Condition & Materials Copper engraving 23. 5 x 35 cm, black and white, blank