Print Description
Medium: Engraving, hand-colored on hand-laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 54.5 x 42 cm (21.46 x 16.54 inch). Image size: 50 x 38.4 cm. (19.69 x 15.12 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Original middle fold as issued, reinforced on rear. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Ghosting from previous matting. Slight paper loss and small tear at top right margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
NETHERLANDS MAP, RHINE RIVER MAP, ANTIQUE CARTOGRAPHY, JOAN BLAEU, DUTCH HISTORICAL MAPS, 17TH-CENTURY MAPS, BLAEU ATLAS
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
“Grooten Atlas, oft Werelt-Beschryving” by J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1664-65.
Reference: Van der Krogt 2 – 3705:2.
Biography engraver: Joan Blaeu (1596-1673) was a renowned Dutch cartographer, publisher, and successor to Willem Janszoon Blaeu. He produced some of the most detailed and beautifully engraved maps of the 17th century, culminating in the “Atlas Major” and other major atlases.
Biography artist: Joan Blaeu (23 September 1596 ? 28 May 1673) was a Dutch cartographer. He was born in Alkmaar, the son of cartographer Willem Blaeu. In 1620 he became a doctor of law but he joined the work of his father. In 1635 they published the Atlas Novus (full title: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus) in two volumes. Joan and his brother Cornelius took over the studio after their father died in 1638. Joan became the official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company. Around 1649 Joan Blaeu published a collection of Dutch city maps named Tooneel der Steeden (Views of Cities). In 1651 he was voted into the Amsterdam council. In 1654 Joan published the first atlas of Scotland, devised by Timothy Pont. In 1662 he reissued the atlas with 11 volumes, and one for oceans. It was also known as Atlas Maior. A cosmology was planned as their next project, but a fire destroyed the studio completely in 1672. Joan Blaeu died in Amsterdam the following year.
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