Print Description
This print shows a map with a view on the region Cambrai, France. Latin text on reverse.
Made by an anonymous engraver after Johannes Janssonius.
Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 53.5 x 42.5 cm (21.06 x 16.73 inch). Image size: 49 x 38.5 cm. (19.29 x 15.16 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Fold as published. Tears restored in fold. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MAP-FRANCE-CAMBRAI-REGION-PROVINCE | RBOS-T43-LARGE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Biography artist: Johannes Janssonius also known as Jan Jansson was born 1588 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 in 1664, his heirs still have published several maps. Many of his plates have been acquired by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk.
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