Old antique map of World by G. de Jode. 1578
Gerard and Cornelis de Jode
Gerard de Jode (Judaeus) (1508(?)-1591), a native of Nijmegen, began his career as a printer and engraver in Antwerp about 1550. He lived near the Bourse on the Catelijne Veste, or on "de Catte". He was in regular contact with Christoffel Plantin, to whom he sold many prints and maps. De Jode's business, which must have been a major one among Antwerp's many booksellers and printers, was represented at the Frankfurt fair, where de Jode bought maps that he later copied or resold. Most of the maps sold by De Jode have prototypes of Italian or German origin. Apart from his many separately published maps, Gerard de Jode is known for his atlas, Speculum Orbis Terrarum, published in 1578. Part of the engraving was done by himself, and part by his brothers Jan and Lucas van Doetecum.
Gerard de Jode and Abraham Ortelius, who both lived partly as map sellers, were competitors and were only sometimes on good terms.
After the death of Gerard de Jode in 1591, the business was carried on by his widow, Pascale van Gelder and his son, Cornelis (1568-1600). More a publisher than an engraver, the latter reissued the Speculum in 1593, adding new maps and revising others.
Despite all its deficiencies, the Speculum must have had a good reputation. It is mentioned alongside Mercator's Atlas and Ortelius's Theatrum in Petrus Montanus's preface to Pieter van den Keere's Germania Inferior.
Universi Orbis Seu Terreni Globi In Plano Effigies.
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Category: Antique maps > World
Old, antique map of the World by G. de Jode.
Date of the first edition: 1578
Date of this map: 1578
Copper engraving
Size (not including margins): 33.5 x 52cm (13.1 x 20.3 inches)
Verso text: Latin
Condition: Contemporary old coloured, some light spotting and age-toning.
Condition Rating: A+
References: Shirley (World) 124; Van der Krogt 3, 0001:32A;TNH Doet3, 557 III.
From: Speculum Orbis Terrae. Antwerp, G. De Jode, 1578. (Van der Krogt 3, 32:01)
Heart-shaped world map, in the lower corners a celestial and terrestrial globe. The original map was published in 1571 as a separate publication. The same map was used for the first edition of the Speculum in 1578 but with reworking of the border clouds and a new title.
There are three other states of this world map known: One with the titles of the oceans added and the words Tara Incognita across North America, one without the names of the Doetecum brothers which appears here in the left top corner and another one without the Cum privilegio in the title.
Gerard and Cornelis de Jode
Gerard de Jode (Judaeus) (1508(?)-1591), a native of Nijmegen, began his career as a printer and engraver in Antwerp about 1550. He lived near the Bourse on the Catelijne Veste, or on "de Catte". He was in regular contact with Christoffel Plantin, to whom he sold many prints and maps. De Jode's business, which must have been a major one among Antwerp's many booksellers and printers, was represented at the Frankfurt fair, where de Jode bought maps that he later copied or resold. Most of the maps sold by De Jode have prototypes of Italian or German origin. Apart from his many separately published maps, Gerard de Jode is known for his atlas, Speculum Orbis Terrarum, published in 1578. Part of the engraving was done by himself, and part by his brothers Jan and Lucas van Doetecum.
Gerard de Jode and Abraham Ortelius, who both lived partly as map sellers, were competitors and were only sometimes on good terms.
After the death of Gerard de Jode in 1591, the business was carried on by his widow, Pascale van Gelder and his son, Cornelis (1568-1600). More a publisher than an engraver, the latter reissued the Speculum in 1593, adding new maps and revising others.
Despite all its deficiencies, the Speculum must have had a good reputation. It is mentioned alongside Mercator's Atlas and Ortelius's Theatrum in Petrus Montanus's preface to Pieter van den Keere's Germania Inferior.