Zeeland by Matthias Quad, published by J. Bussemacher. 1592
Matthias Quad (Deventer, 1557 – Eppingen, 1613)
Matthias Quad, born in Deventer in 1557, was trained there as an engraver by the Van Deutecum brothers. He also studied with Hendrick Goltzius in Haarlem. Later, he settled in Germany after spending some time in France and England.
He lived in Cologne since 1587, where he met the renowned engraver and mapmaker Frans Hogenberg and the printer and publisher Johann Bussemacher. For the next 15 years, Quad worked closely with Bussemacher, especially in publishing atlases. In 1592 he published a translation of an atlas by Botero, and in the following years, several geographical works followed.
With Bussemacher, he prepared a hand and travel atlas in a small format for which he mainly took engraving to heart. From 1592, they published some editions under the name of Bussemacher without text. In 1594 appeared the Europae … descriptio as an atlas with 50 maps with text by Quad. Bussemacher printed the maps, but the text was printed by Lambert Andreae, with whom Bussemacher often collaborated. In 1600 followed the Geographisch Handtbuch, a world atlas with 82 maps.
From that time on, Quad releases a series of Itineraries. The Deliciae Germaniae (1600), the Deliciae Galliae (1600), the Itinearium universae Germaniae (1602), and others on Northern Europe, Italy and Spain.
He spent the last years of his life as a teacher in Eppingen, where he died in 1613.
Johann Bussemacher (florished 1580-1613)
Johann Bussemacher was a German engraver, publisher, printer and art dealer. Beginning in the 17th century, he was the most successful publisher in Cologne.
Zelandia - Zelandicarum insularum exactissima et nova descriptio,
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > The Netherlands
Flanders (Vlaanderen) by Matthias Quad, published by J. Bussemacher.
Title: Flandriae Descriptio.
Date of the first edition: 1592.
Date of this map: 1694.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 195 x 265mm (7.68 x 10.43 inches).
Sheet size: 275 x 370mm (10.83 x 14.57 inches).
Verso: Latin text.
Condition: Hand coloured; excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
From: Europae Totius Orbis Terrarum Partis Praestantissimae Universalis et Particularis Descriptio. ... Coloniae Ex officina typographica Iani Bussemechers. Anno MDXCIIII. [1594].
Matthias Quad (Deventer, 1557 – Eppingen, 1613)
Matthias Quad, born in Deventer in 1557, was trained there as an engraver by the Van Deutecum brothers. He also studied with Hendrick Goltzius in Haarlem. Later, he settled in Germany after spending some time in France and England.
He lived in Cologne since 1587, where he met the renowned engraver and mapmaker Frans Hogenberg and the printer and publisher Johann Bussemacher. For the next 15 years, Quad worked closely with Bussemacher, especially in publishing atlases. In 1592 he published a translation of an atlas by Botero, and in the following years, several geographical works followed.
With Bussemacher, he prepared a hand and travel atlas in a small format for which he mainly took engraving to heart. From 1592, they published some editions under the name of Bussemacher without text. In 1594 appeared the Europae … descriptio as an atlas with 50 maps with text by Quad. Bussemacher printed the maps, but the text was printed by Lambert Andreae, with whom Bussemacher often collaborated. In 1600 followed the Geographisch Handtbuch, a world atlas with 82 maps.
From that time on, Quad releases a series of Itineraries. The Deliciae Germaniae (1600), the Deliciae Galliae (1600), the Itinearium universae Germaniae (1602), and others on Northern Europe, Italy and Spain.
He spent the last years of his life as a teacher in Eppingen, where he died in 1613.
Johann Bussemacher (florished 1580-1613)
Johann Bussemacher was a German engraver, publisher, printer and art dealer. Beginning in the 17th century, he was the most successful publisher in Cologne.
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