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‘Atlas Novus sive Theatrum Orbis Terrarum …, Amstelodami, Apud Ioannem Ianssonium Anno 1647.’
Contemporary (original / old) hand coloured etching / engraving on hand laid paper. Watermark: We found no watermark. Paper appears from the Veluwe region in the Netherlands..
Sheet size: 29,8 x 48,5 cm. (11,7 x 19,1 inch). Image size: 26 x 40,1 cm. (10,2 x 15,8 inch).
From: “Atlas Novus sive Theatrum Orbis Terrarum”, Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius, 1647. This Atlas was published 1638-66. This item is from the 1647 latin ed. (Janssonius 1647 / 02-2020)
Made by ‘Janssonius workshop’ after ‘unknown carthographer’. Publisher: Johannes Janssonius also known as Jan Jansson (1588-1664) was born in Arnhem, Netherlands. His father was a bookseller and publisher (Jan Janszoon the Elder). When he married the daughter of the cartographer Jodocus Hondius he also set up a business as book publisher in Amsterdam. His first map was published in 1616. Around 15 years later he set up a partnership with his brother in law Hondius add issued further editions of the Mercator/Hondius atlas. After his death his heirs still have published several maps. Many of his plates have been acquired by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk.
Condition: Good, given age. Some paper damage from acidification in the left middle side of the image, backed with contemporary paper. Creasing in the left margin. A colour stain in the lower margin, just below the image. Light soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Keywords: TITLE PAGE-ATLAS NOVUS-THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM
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