Descriptio Fluminum Rheni, Vahalis et Mosae...

Beautiful copper engraving map of the watercourses Rhine (Rhenus), Waal (Vahalis) and Maas (Mosa). Published by Johannes Janssonius in the Spanish edition of the Atlas Novus in 1653. The map shows the course of the Rhine from Rheinberg to Gorkum in the Netherlands and is divided into two superimposed sections: The lower part of the map depicts the area from Rheinberg to Nijmegen and documents the course of the river as well as neighbouring towns and landscapes in detail. The upper part of the map shows the area from Kleve-Griethausen via Gorkum to ‘s-Hertogenbosch, thus mapping the entire western section of the Rhine within the Netherlands.

Somewhat browned. Very good condition.

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.