Live auction - Lot 888
[Netherlands - Zeeland]
Zeelandia comitatus.
[Amsterdam, J. Janssonius, 1636]
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Engr., 38,5 x 50 cm, hand-coloured (light traces of central fold).
Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout
Copied after Willem Jansz Blaeu, Janssonius published this new Zeeland-map to replace the outdated one by Mercator. Nicely ornated with 2 large cartouches and various ships. Dedicated to regent Johan de Knuydt (1587-1654). Extracted from the 1636 German "Newer Atlas oder Grosses Weltbuch [...]" (text on verso, leaf with ms. signature 7H).
Ref. Van der Krogt I:[3600:1B.1] & 1:323. - Zelandia comitatus 36.
Joined: Schenk, P. - Zeelandia comitatus. [Amst., Schenk, c. 1700]. Engr., 37,8 x 49 cm, hand-coloured (sl. toned). Hinged at upper edge. Under same passe-partout. 3rd state of the same map, but the dedication replaced with one to John Bulligham. Verso blank. Ref. Zelandia comitatus 36.3.
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