Print Description
This print shows Uppland, a historical province on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm.French text on reverse. With figure title-cartouche and ornamental cartouche with great coat-of-arms and the scale of map (“Milliaria Uplandica”).
Made by an anonymous engraver after Johannes Janssonius.
Medium: Engraving with original (old) hand colouring on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 60 x 50 cm (23.62 x 19.69 inch). Image size: 48.5 x 35.5 cm. (19.09 x 13.98 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Fold as published. Brownish spots in margin. Paperloss in some corners. Reverse upper corners remains of white tape. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
UPPLAND-SWEDEN-STOCKHOLM-EUROPE | RBOS-T36-LARGE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published by Janssonius van Waesberge, Moses Pitt, London, 1690.
Biography artist: Johannes Janssonius (Jan Jansz.) (Arnhem, 1588 – Amsterdam, juli 1664) was a Dutch cartographer and publisher who lived and worked in Amsterdam.
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