Theatrum · Plate I Antwerp · Amsterdam · MDXCII

Copperplate intaglio, struck on foxed rag paper

Hairline
Coastlines

A monochrome cartographic language drawn from burin-cut line, stippled relief, and engraved-italic place names — warm carbon-black ink settling into darkened parchment, flat and matte, never glossy.

Ground
Foxed gray-tan rag
Ink
Warm carbon-black
Letter
IM Fell · Garamond
Rosa Ventorum · the compass rose
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