An elaborate allegorical title page border features architectural elements and mythological figures. At the top center, a circular medallion shows three seated figures representing the continents of Asia, Europe, and Africa. They sit above the abbreviation S.P.Q.R., which stands for the Senate and People of Rome. Around the rim is the name of a Roman official, Marcus Cocceius Nerva. On the left side stands a full-length figure of Neptune holding a trident and a dolphin. On the right side stands a full-length figure of Cybele, an earth goddess, wearing a turreted crown and holding a drum. At the bottom left is a small scene of a bull on a mountain peak representing the Taurus Mountains. At the bottom right is a bearded man representing the Atlas Mountains. In the bottom center, a circular illustration shows the river god of the Nile reclining and surrounded by children. In the lower center, the printer's mark of the Plantin press shows a hand emerging from a cloud holding a compass, accompanied by the motto "By Labor and Constancy." Small grotesque masks and floral garlands decorate the borders.

From a silver coin of the Emperor Augustus.

Marcus Cocceius, son of Marcus, Nerva, Triumvir; Asia; Europe; Africa; The Senate and People of Rome.

THE GEOGRAPHIC TREASURE

OF ABRAHAM ORTELIUS OF ANTWERP,

REVISED AND ENLARGED.

A decorative grotesque face mask.

The names and designations, both ancient
and for the most part modern, of all
the regions of the whole earth:
mountains, promontories, hills,
forests, deserts, islands,
ports, peoples, cities, towns,
villages, shrines, and tribes:
Likewise the names of the Ocean,
seas, straits, rivers, torrents,
bays, springs, lakes, and marshes.

In this work, many passages of ancient authors
that were corrupted, false, doubtful, or
conflicting are corrected, argued,
explained, and reconciled.

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BY LABOR AND CONSTANCY

Neptune

Cybele

Taurus

Nile

Atlas