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C1639-1644
Walachia Servia, Bulgaria, Romania.
Scarce C.17th Mercator map of the Balkans issued by Hondius with a decorative title at top left. This is the second of two states published between 1639-1644 which has the title cartouche changed to a shield adorned with eastern arms … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Walachia Servia, Bulgaria, Romania.
Date:
C1639-1644
Condition:
In good condition, vertical faint crease.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
500mm
x 345mm
Paper Size:
580mm
x 495mm
AUTHENTICITY
Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:
1639-1644
Description:
Scarce C.17th Mercator map of the Balkans issued by Hondius with a decorative title at top left.
This is the second of two states published between 1639-1644 which has the title cartouche changed to a shield adorned with eastern arms at top and the Islamic crescent on a green background. The map covers the region centred on the Lower Danube, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Macedonia.
French text on verso.
References:
Kroght, P. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1997. Nine volumes :: : [7602:1.2] 1:411/2 (1639-44 French) v1 109 5S.
Kroght, P. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1997. Nine volumes :: : [7602:1.2] 1:411/2 (1639-44 French) v1 109 5S.
Gerard Mercator (1512 - 1594)
Mercator was one of the most important and influential of c.16th map makers. A geographer, cosmographer and is best known for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection (named after him) which represented sailing courses of constant bearing (rhumb lines) as straight lines. His knowledge of geography came from his library of over one thousand books and maps, from travellers and from his vast correspondence (in six languages) with other scholars, statesmen, travellers, merchants and seamen. Mercator's early maps were in large formats suitable for wall mounting but in the second half of his life, he produced over 100 new regional maps in a smaller format suitable for binding into his Atlas of 1595. This was the first appearance of the word Atlas in reference to a book of maps.
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Jodocus Hondius I (1563 - 1612)
Hondius senior was born in Wakken and grew up in Ghent. He was an engraver, instrument maker and globe maker. In 1584 he moved to London to escape the religious persecution in Flanders. In 1593 he moved to Amsterdam and the publisher Cornelis Claesz. in 1604 he purchased the engraving plates for the Mercator's Atlas. Hondius republished Mercator's work with 36 additional maps, including several which he himself had produced. Despite the addition of his own contributions, Hondius gave Mercator full credit as the author of the work, listing himself as the publisher. Hondius' new edition of Mercator's work was a great success. From 1605 and 1610 he engraved the maps for John Speed's, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. After his death, the business was continued by his widow, two sons, Jodocus II and Henricus, and son-in-law Johannes Janssonius, whose name appears on the Atlas after 1633.
