Antique Map of Drenthe by Janssonius (1647)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Drentia Comitatus Transisulaniae Tabula Auctore Cornelia Pijnacker I.C.' - Map of the Duchy of Drenthe in the Netherlands. With coat of arms and two decorative cartouches. "Atlas Novus sive Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius, 1647. This Atlas was published 1638-66. This item is from the 1647 latin ed.

Publisher: Johannes Janssonius also known as Jan Jansson (1588-1664) was born in Arnhem, Netherlands. His father was a bookseller and publisher (Jan Janszoon the Elder). When he married the daughter of the cartographer Jodocus Hondius he also set up a business as book publisher in Amsterdam. His first map was published in 1616. Around 15 years later he set up a partnership with his brother in law Hondius add issued further editions of the Mercator/Hondius atlas. After his death his heirs still have published several maps. Many of his plates have been acquired by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk.