Catalonia by J.B. Vrients. 1612
Jan Baptist Vrients 1552-1612
Although Jan Baptist Vrients (Vrintius) was a map- and print-seller and an engraver, he was mainly active as a map publisher. He was enrolled in the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerpen in 1575. He published several cartographic works of great importance, i.e., Petrus Plancius's large world map of 1592. After 1600, he acquired the stock and the plates of De Jode's Speculum and Ortelius' Theatrum. He continued the editions of the Theatrum and those of the Epitome, the plates of which he had acquired from Philip Galle and Johannes Keerbergen. In 1603, Vrients published an atlas of the Netherlands compiled from the Theatrum sheets. When Vrients died in 1612, the whole stock and the copperplates were sold to the Moretus Brothers of the House Plantin, who compiled another three editions of the Theatrum.
Cataloniae Principatus Novissima et Accurata Descriptio.
Item Number: 28770 Authenticity Guarantee
Category: Antique maps > Europe > Spain and Portugal
Old, antique map of Catalunya by J.B. Vrients.
Title: Cataloniae Principatus Novissima et Accurata Descriptio.
Antverpiae excudebat Joannes Baptista Vrients.
Date of the first edition: 1609.
Date of this map: 1612.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Map size: 390 x 500mm (15.35 x 19.69 inches).
Sheet size: 415 x 550mm (16.34 x 21.65 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
From: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Abrahami Ortelii Antverp. Antwerpen, Plantin Press (J. & B. Moretus), 1612. (Van der Krogt 3, 1:055).
Jan Baptist Vrients 1552-1612
Although Jan Baptist Vrients (Vrintius) was a map- and print-seller and an engraver, he was mainly active as a map publisher. He was enrolled in the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerpen in 1575. He published several cartographic works of great importance, i.e., Petrus Plancius's large world map of 1592. After 1600, he acquired the stock and the plates of De Jode's Speculum and Ortelius' Theatrum. He continued the editions of the Theatrum and those of the Epitome, the plates of which he had acquired from Philip Galle and Johannes Keerbergen. In 1603, Vrients published an atlas of the Netherlands compiled from the Theatrum sheets. When Vrients died in 1612, the whole stock and the copperplates were sold to the Moretus Brothers of the House Plantin, who compiled another three editions of the Theatrum.
