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C1640
Lusatia Superior Authore Barthol. Sculteto Gorlitio.
Mapmaker:
Scarce map of upper Lusatia, Germany by the most important cartographer of the Golden Era of Dutch mapmaking. The map extends from the east of Saxony with Hoyerswerda, Bautzen, Zittau and Görlitz. The map includes topographical details of cities, towns, … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Lusatia Superior Authore Barthol. Sculteto Gorlitio.
Date:
C1640
Mapmaker:
Condition:
One spot in tile, otherwise in good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
525mm
x 410mm
Paper Size:
595mm
x 508mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1640
Description:
Scarce map of upper Lusatia, Germany by the most important cartographer of the Golden Era of Dutch mapmaking.
The map extends from the east of Saxony with Hoyerswerda, Bautzen, Zittau and Görlitz. The map includes topographical details of cities, towns, rivers and forests. A restrained Rococo title cartouche comprising, two men one holding a bird of prey, the other with a gun and a hunting dog behind him. At lower right is another Rococo styled scale of distances. Latin text on the verso. At top left is a coat of arms of upper Lutsatia in red (usually yellow).
References:
Kroght, P. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1997. Nine volumes :: 2:10A APPENDIX, 9130 N, P.51.
Kroght, P. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1997. Nine volumes :: 2:10A APPENDIX, 9130 N, P.51.
Willem Janzoon Blaeu (1571 - 1638)
One of the most influential mapmakers of the Golden Age of mapmaking. Blaeu was born at Uitgeest or Alkmaar, the son of a herring salesman and destined to succeed his father in the trade, but his interests lay more in Mathematics and Astronomy. Between 1594 and 1596 he was a student of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and qualified as an instrument and globe maker. In 1600 he discovered the second ever variable star now known as P Cygni. On his return to the Netherlands, he made published his own maps and world globes. He ran his own printing works which allowed him to continually update his own atlases such as his, Atlas Novus published in 1635. In 1633 he was appointed map-maker for the VOC . He died in Amsterdam in 1638 and his business was continued by his two sons, Johannes and Cornelis Blaeu.
