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| Cartograph: |
Johannes Janssonius (*1588 - †1664) |
| Title: |
Nova et accurata Tabula Episcopatuum Stavangriensis, Bergensis et Asloiensis Vicinarumque aliquot territoriorum |
| Year: |
Amsterdam, 1636 |
| Sheet Size: |
49.0 x 60.2 cm (19.3 x 23.7 inches) |
| Plate Size: |
40.2 x 49.2 cm (15.8 x 19.4 inches) |
| Original old coloured map of southern Norway by J. Janssonius. Showing the area between Oslo, Stavanger and Bergen. Decorated with a figural cartouche with mileage scale, a allegoric cartouche with coat of arms below. Several sailing ships, a sea monster and wildlife in the mountains. German text on verso. |
| Minor offsetting through green oxidation, attractive original colours, wide margin. |
| 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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