2. Blaeu, Joan

Antique Maps by Joan Blaeu (*1596 - †1673)

Joan Blaeu was a Dutch cartographer, born in Alkmaar in 1571. He was the son of the cartographer Willem Janszoon Blaeu, a pupil of Tycho Brahe. He became a doctor of law in 1620 and joined his father's publishing company together with his brother Cornelis in 1631. The most important cartographic work from the Blaeus is the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus of 1635, which appeared in a total of six volumes until 1655. Between 1662 and 1672, Joan published an even larger work, the Atlas Maior, which reached 12 volumes. The Blaeus' atlas production came to an abrupt end with the fire in their workshop and the resulting destruction of many printing plates in 1672. Joan Blaeu died the following year, leaving the business to his three sons Willem (1635-1701), Pieter (1637-1706) and Joan II (1650-1712). While the business began to decline in the hands of his sons, the Blaeu publishing house's dominance finally ended in 1703 when the Dutch East India Company (VOC), stopped publishing maps bearing the Blaeu family name. Some of the surviving copper plates were later used by F. de Wit and Schenk & Valk.
  • Blaeu, Title Pages, 1640-55: Atlas Novus, sive Theatrum Orbis Terrarum: in qvo Germaniae Superioris ... Tomi Primi Pars Altera.

    Joan Blaeu:  Atlas Novus, sive Theatrum Orbis Terrarum: in qvo Germaniae Superioris ... Tomi Primi Pars Altera.

    Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1640-55

    Title page from Joan Blaeu's Atlas Novus . Ionic portico with celestial and terrestrial globes. To the left is Ptolemy with a sphere and pair of compasses, to the right Marinus with a map. With...

    Atlas Novus, sive Theatrum Orbis Terrarum: in qvo Germaniae Superioris...
    1640 - Joan Blaeu
    12719

    Blaeu's title page from Atlas Novus. Printed in Amsterdam 1640-55.

    450,00 €
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  • Blaeu, Title Pages, 1640: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus. Partis Secundae pars altera.

    Joan Blaeu:  Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus. Partis Secundae pars altera.

    Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1640

    Blaeu's title page for the atlas of Spain and Portugal. From the French edition of Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus published 1640 in Amsterdam.Pieter van der Krogt in...

    Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus. Partis Secundae pars altera.
    1640 - Joan Blaeu
    12720

    Blaeu's title page for the atlas of Spain and Portugal.

    490,00 €
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  • Blaeu, Title Pages, 1640: Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nowel Atlas ... Seconde Partie.

    Joan Blaeu:  Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nowel Atlas ... Seconde Partie.

    Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1640

    Blaeu's title page for the atlas of France. From the French edition of Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus published 1640 in Amsterdam.Pieter van der Krogt in Koeman's...

    Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nowel Atlas ... Seconde Partie.
    1640 - Joan Blaeu
    12721

    Blaeu's title page from Atlas Novus. Printed in Amsterdam 1640.

    380,00 €
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  • Blaeu, Title Pages, 1644: Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nowel Atlas ... La Seconde Partie de la Seconde.

    Joan Blaeu:  Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nowel Atlas ... La Seconde Partie de la Seconde.

    Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1644

    Blaeu's title page for the atlas of Spain and Portugal. From the French edition of Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus published 1644 in Amsterdam.Pieter van der Krogt in...

    Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nowel Atlas ... La Seconde Partie de la Seconde.
    1644 - Joan Blaeu
    12714

    Blaeu's title page for the atlas of Spain and Portugal.

    450,00 €
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  • Blaeu, Germany, Brandenburg, 1649-50: Marchionatus Brandenburgicus

    Joan Blaeu:  Marchionatus Brandenburgicus

    Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1649-50

    Antique map of the Margraviate of Brandenburg by J. Blaeu. From the island of Rügen with Mecklenburg and Pomerania to Saxony-Anhalt. In the east the northwestern part of Poland. With Berlin,...

    Marchionatus Brandenburgicus
    1649 - Joan Blaeu
    12981

    Old coloured map of Brandenburg, Germany. Printed in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu in 1649.

    390,00 €
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  • Blaeu, Manuscript, 1690: [Manuscript Chart of the South Atlantic Ocean] Tweede stuck wassende Graedkaert van de Kaap Verdische Eilanden tot de Kaap

    Willem Janszoon Blaeu:  [Manuscript Chart of the South Atlantic Ocean] Tweede stuck wassende Graedkaert van de Kaap...

    Joan Blaeu II, Amsterdam, circa 1690

    A Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.) Manuscript Chart by Joan Blaeu II on VellumFragment of a manuscript nautical chart of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) of the West African coast by Joan...

    [Manuscript Chart of the South Atlantic Ocean] Tweede stuck wassende...
    1690 - Willem Janszoon Blaeu
    12620

    Manuscript sea chart on vellum of the Atlantic Ocean with the West African coast line. Drawn by Joan Blaeu II in Amsterdam.

    14 800,00 €
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  • Blaeu, Title Pages, 1650: Segunda Parte de los Paises Baxos, o la Belgia Confederada.

    Joan Blaeu:  Segunda Parte de los Paises Baxos, o la Belgia Confederada.

    Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, circa 1650

    Blaeu's title page of his town book of the Netherlands. Published around 1650 in Amsterdam.Pieter van der Krogt in Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici , 43:11: Title-page for the volume with...

    Segunda Parte de los Paises Baxos, o la Belgia Confederada.
    1650 - Joan Blaeu
    12728

    Title page from Blaeu's Town Book. Printed in Amsterdam 1650.

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  • Blaeu, Title Pages, 1654: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus. Pars Quinta.

    Joan Blaeu:  Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus. Pars Quinta.

    Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1654

    Blaeu's title page for the atlas of Scotland. From Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus published 1654 in Amsterdam.Architectural facade. At the top the Scottish coat of arms....

    Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus. Pars Quinta.
    1654 - Joan Blaeu
    12699

    Blaeu's title page for the atlas of Scotland.

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