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| Cartograph: |
Johannes Janssonius (*1588 - †1664) |
| Title: |
Ducatus Luneburgensis adiacentiumq Regionum Delineatio |
| Publisher/ Year: |
Amsterdam, Janssonius, circa 1650 |
| Sheet Size: |
41.5 x 52.0 cm (16.3 x 20.5 inches) |
| Plate Size: |
38.2 x 48.8 cm (15.0 x 19.2 inches) |
| Nice mid 17th century copper engraved map of the region around Hamburg and Bremen by J. Janssonius. With one cartouche and a mileage scale. Rare separate issued sheet without the text on verso. |
| Minor browning, good conditions. |
| About the Cartograph/ Printer: Johannes Janssonius also known as Jan Jansson was born 1588 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 in 1664, his heirs still have published several maps. Many of his plates have been acquired by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk. |
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