| Method | Copper engraved with hand colour |
| Artist | Jansson, Jan |
| Published | Amstelodami, Apud Joannem Janssonium [1636] |
| Dimensions | 385 x 495 mm |
| Notes |
A superb early printing of Jansson's map of the Irish Province of Leinster, from a German edition of the Atlas Novus. The map is positioned with south to top, and the boundaries of the province and its associated counties are outlined in hand colour. Sand banks and reefs off the coast are shown as patches of dots, while rivers, hills, and forests are shown pictorially. Off the coast of Dublin harbour, two sailing ships engage one another. The map is further embellished by two decorative strapwork cartouches, enclosing the title and a pair of scales in English and Irish miles. Johannes Janssonius (1588 - 1664) was a famed cartographer and print publisher. More commonly known as Jan Jansson, he was born in Arnhem where his father, Jan Janszoon the Elder, was a bookseller and publisher. In 1612 he married the daughter of the cartographer and publisher Jodocus Hondius, and then set up in business in Amsterdam as a book publisher. In 1616 he published his first maps of France and Italy and from then onwards, produced a very large number of maps which went some way to rival those of the Blaeu family, who held a virtual monopoly over the industry. From about 1630 to 1638 he was in partnership with his brother-in-law, Henricus Hondius, issuing further editions of the Mercator/Hondius atlases to which his name was added. On the death of Hondius he took over the business, expanding the atlas still further, until eventually he published an eleven volume Atlas Major on a scale similar to Johannes Blaeu's magnum opus. After Jansson's death, his heirs published a number of maps in the Atlas Contractus of 1666, and, later still, many of the plates of his British maps were acquired by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valck, who published them again in 1683 as separate maps. Condition: Central vertical fold, as issued. Minor tears and creasing to bottom margin, not affecting plate or map. German text on verso. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £500.00 |
| Stock ID | 46876 |