Antique map of Europe by Janssonius J. 1630
Nova Europae Descriptio Auctore I. Hondio / Ex officinal et sumtibus Joannis Janssonij Astelodami
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > Europe Continent
Rare second state with imprint of Joannes Janssonius.
This map belongs to a folio-sized set of the four continents by Jodocus Hondius. It is likely that Pieter van den Keere ordered these maps to be engraved, or engraved them himself, for no other Amsterdam engraver would have dared to use Van den Keere's "trademark" of a clock face and skull. Van den Keere had remarried soon after 1622 and before long ran into financial difficulties, forcing him in 1623 to sell most of his copperplates. It is perhaps on this occasion that his nephew Jodocus Hondius Jr. purchased the newly engraved maps of the four continents for his atlases. It is assumed that Van den Keere did not print any copies from these copperplates once they were engraved.
"In 1630 both Blaeu and Janssonius published an Appendix to the work of Mercator. This marked the beginning of a great period of competitive Dutch atlas production. Only four known examples of Janssonius' atlas survive; they contain this map in its second state. . . ." (Burden)
After this edition, the bottom border was removed because the map was too large to fit in an atlas.
Copper engraving
Size: 46 x 56cm (18 x 22 inches)
Verso: Blank
Condition: Old coloured, small repairs at centrefold, a few stains, browned along centrefold.
References: Van der Krogt 1, 1000:1C.1; Schilder 6, 28.2.
From: Atlantis Maioris Appendix, sive Pars Altera, ... Amsterdam, J. Janssonius, 1630. (Van der Krogt 1, 1:202)