Description
Nice copper engraved map of the western part of Rhineland-Palatinate by H. Hondius. One cartouche, a coats-of-arms and a mileage scale. Showing the area between Trier, Cologne and Hanau. Rare separate issued sheet without the text on verso.
Condition
Minor browning, small upper and lower margin, good conditions.
Cartographer
Jodocus Hondius was born 1563 in Wakken (West Flanders). He became a globe maker and map engraver. In 1593 he set up his business in Amsterdam after he spent several years in London. He was one of the most important engravers of his time and engraved maps for van den Keere, Waghenaer and Speed. Hondius bought the plates of Mercator in 1604, added around 40 maps and published the expanded Mercator-Atlas first 1606 still under Mercator's name. After his death 1612 in Amsterdam, the business was carried out by his sons Jodocus II and Henricus.
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Jodocus Hondius: Archiepiscopatus Trevirensis Descriptio Nova.
Antique map of the Rhineland-Palatinate. Printed in Amsterdam by H. Hondius circa 1630.
Germany - Hondius, Jodocus - Archiepiscopatus Trevirensis Descriptio Nova