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PCT-51843
Antique Map of Overijssel by Janssonius (1647)
- Condition: Good, given age. Original middle fold as issued. Light brown offsetting from colours on oposing pages, as is common. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
- Date: 1647
- Overall size: 58 x 48.4 cm.
- Image size: 49.6 x 44.3 cm.
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Description: Antique print, titled: 'Ditio Trans-isulana.' - Map of Overijssel, 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.