Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries
Colouring: Uncoloured
Condition: Very Good
Confirmed: No
Dealers ID No.: M275 (STK 1726.01)
Description: This striking and visually dramatic world map, dominated by the German Imperial double-headed eagle, was designed by Johannes Kepler, and engraved by Johann Philipp Walch in 1630, based on astronomical data from Johannes Keplers Tabulae Rudolphinae (1627). Although dated 1630, the map was not published until 1658, coinciding with the coronation of Emperor Leopold Ia delay that has long obscured its origins.nThe map incorporates Dutch discoveries along the Australian coastline, including those by Dirck Hartog (1616), Frederick de Houtman (1619), and Jan Carstenszoon and Willem Janszoon Colster (1623). A previously unknown proof state, identified by Peter Meurer, was found bound into a 1630 edition of Keplers Rudolphine Tables. This unfinished version shows the twin hemispheres but only rough sketches of the imperial eagle and surrounding ornamentation, and it lacks the later dedication to Leopold I.nThe discovery suggests that work on the map began by 1626, but Keplers personal and financial challengesalong with his death in 1630prevented its completion. Eckebrecht carried forward the project, overseeing its engraving in Nuremberg by the end of 1630. Following Walchs death in 1631, the engraved plate remained unpublished until 1658, when it was finally issued as a tribute to Keplers astronomical legacy and imperial patronage.
Engraver: Walch, J. P.
First published: Nuremberg: 1658 [publisher unknown]
Mapmaker: Eckebrecht, Philip (1594-1667)
Notes: Purchase details
Primary Category: World
Purchase Reference: Insurance Ledger June 2015
Rarity: R1 Extremely rare – occasionally seen on the market
References: Dewez The Printed World III, item 68, 2000nPeter H. Meurer, Die Werkgeschichte der Weltkarte von Johannes Kepler und Philipp Eckebrecht (1630/58), Cartographica Helvetica 49 (2014), pp. 2738.
Shirley ID #: 335 Mapping of the World
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1658
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