C1670

Accuratissima totius Asiae Tabulae Recens Emendatat per Fredericum de Wit

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Stunning, c.18th hand coloured engraved map of Asia by Frederick de Wit one the greatest of Dutch map makers. Sumptiously embellished with an ornate title cartouche comprising a turbaned merchant standing a beside a camel, with a number of carriers … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Accuratissima totius Asiae Tabulae Recens Emendatat per Fredericum de Wit

Date:

C1670

Mapmaker:

Frederick de Wit (1630 - 1706)

Condition:

In good condition, with centre fold as issued.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

570mm

x 485mm

Paper Size:

610mm

x 524mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1670

Description:

Stunning, c.18th hand coloured engraved map of Asia by Frederick de Wit one the greatest of Dutch map makers.

Sumptiously embellished with an ornate title cartouche comprising a turbaned merchant standing a beside a camel, with a number of carriers lading bales of goods. This is the first issue of this map, identified by the wording in the title which comprises seven lines, later issues contains eight lines which includes the words, ‘cum previlgio’. As de Wit was granted privilege in 1689 any maps with the annotation ‘cum previlgio’ marks an edition published after 1688.

From: de Wit, F. Atlas sive descriptio terrarum orbis cum indicibus alphabeticis …

References:
National Maritime Museum, Catalogue Of The Library Volume Three : Atlases And Cartography 1971 London: vol. 3, p. 208.
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1967. Volumes I-V :: Vol III, pg. 194, Wit 1, p.212 [19] George Carhart (Cartographic historian), ‎P. C. J. van der Krogt · 2016 ·.
Carhart, G. Frederick de Wit and the First Concise Reference Atlas. 2016 Brill Academic Pub.: p. 192, 10.06.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 3417171
National Library Board Singapore: 912.5 WIT

Frederick de Wit (1630 - 1706)

De Wit was born Frederik Hendriksz was born to a Protestant family in Gouda, Netherlands. Frederik was married on 29 August 1661, to Maria van der Way (1632–1711), the daughter of a wealthy Catholic merchant in Amsterdam and from about 1648 until his death in 1706 lived and worked in Amsterdam. By 1654 he had opened a printing office and shop under the name "De Drie Crabben" (the Three Crabs), in 1655, he changed the name to, "Witte Pascaert" (the White Chart). By 1654 he began to publish his first charts and by 1662 he issued his first complete atlas. By 1671, he was publishing a large folio atlas with as many as 100 maps. In 1689, De Wit received a 15 year privilege from the states of Holland and West Friesland that protected his right to publish and sell his maps. After De Wit's death in 1706, his wife Maria continued the business for four years printing and editing De Wit's maps until 1710 when she sold the firms stock at auction. Most of the atlas plates and some of the wall map were sold to Pieter Mortier (1661–1711).

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