Print Description
Medium: Engraving/etching with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 45.5 x 40.8 cm (17.91 x 16.06 inch). Image size: 41 x 37.5 cm. (16.14 x 14.76 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Original folds as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in 1639 by Nicolaas van Wieringen in Harderwijk and Johannes Janssonius in Amsterdam in “Histori Gelricæ Libri XIV Deducta omnia adea (.),” Johannes Isacius Pontanus. Cartographer: Nicolaas Geelkerken.
Biography engraver: Nicolaes van Geelkercken (ca.1585 – 1656) was a Gelderland surveyor and cartographer who was employed by the Gelderland government in the 17th century.
Biography artist: Johannes Janssonius (1588, in Arnhem – buried July 11, 1664, in Amsterdam), also known in English as Jan Jansson, was a Dutch cartographer and publisher who lived and worked in Amsterdam in the 17th century.
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