Quartermaine Hall

Artisan: Ellie de Lacy
Date: 2021
Signatures and inscriptions: Signed with initials ‘EdL’ and with edition number ’72/150′ (in the back pages of the book)
Dimensions: 29 x 21 x 6 mm. / 1 ⅛ x ⅞ x ¼ inches (height x width x depth)
Intended Room: Library
Inventory number: 2021.086
Category: Books

Abraham Ortelius’s pioneering 1608 atlas is reproduced in miniature in this openable, fully-illustrated volume by master mini-bookbinder Ellie de Lacy. The book is bound in brown leather with blind stamping, complete with marbled endpapers and a selection of real maps taken from the original. It is from a limited edition of 150 and is signed with initials.