Print Description
Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 18.5 x 12.3 cm (7.28 x 4.84 inch). Image size: 13.1 x 9.1 cm. (5.16 x 3.58 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Small tear right edge, not affecting image. Minor damp stain top margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
HOLLANDIA MERIDIONAL-ZUID-SOUTH-NETHERLANDS | PCOA55-27
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in The Netherlands c. 1618.
Biography engraver: Petrus Bertius was a Flemish historian, theologian, geographer, and cartographer. Known in Dutch as Peter de Bert, Bertius was born in Beveren. His father was a Protestant preacher and his family fled to London around 1568. The young Bertius only returned to the Low Countries in 1577, to attend the University of Leiden. A bright pupil, Bertius worked as a tutor and was named subregent of the Leiden Statencollege in 1593. He ascended to the position of regent in 1606, upon the death of the former regent, who was also Bertius’ father-in-law. However, due to his radical religious views, he eventually lost his teaching position and was forbidden from offering private lessons.
Biography artist: Publisher: Jodocus Hondius born 1563 in Ghent (Flanders) and grown up there. He became a globe maker and map engraver. In 1593 set up his business in Amsterdam after he spent some years in London. He was one of the most important engravers of his time and engraved maps for van den Keere, Waghenaer or Speed. Hondius bought the plates of Mercator in 1604, added around 40 maps and published the Atlas first 1606 still under Mercators name. After his death 1612 in Amsterdam, the business was carried out by his sons Jodocus II and Henricus (1597-1651).
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