Live auction - Lot 592
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4 maps of Andalusia, Biscay, Gipuzkoa, Granada, Murcia and Navarre, after Johannes Janssonius.
€ 450 / 800
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Lot description
Amsterdam, P. Schenk; G. Valk, s.d
4 engr., 37 x 48,5 cm, hand-coloured (centerfolds).
1. "Granata et Murcia Regna." - 2. "Navarra regnum." - 3. "Biscaia et Guipuscoa Canatbriae veteris pars." - 4. "Andaluzia continens Sevillam et Cordubam."
Engraved by the German-Dutch engraver Pieter Schenk (1661-1711) apprenticed to his brother-in-law Gerard Valk with whom he worked closely from 1680 on. In 1694 they acquired the copperplates to Johannes Janssonius' Atlas Novus and began to produce maps.
Ref. van der Krogt [6015:1B], [6020:1], [6110:1B], [6130:1].
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