Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Coloured
Condition: Very Good
Confirmed: 3/10/2024
Date Acquired: 28/2/2018
Description: Johannes Janssonius was born into a family of publishers and booksellers, gaining experience in book printing from a young age. In 1612, he married Elisabeth Hondius, the daughter of the renowned mapmaker Jodocus Hondius I ( #80, #212, #253, #272) and his wife, Colette ( #113). Six years later, Janssonius established his own cartographic shop next door to his competitor, Willem Blaeu ( #9, #76, #108, #121, #351, #358). By 1630, he had partnered with his brother-in-law, Henricus Hondius ( #18, #82, #114, #123, #126, #378). That same year, they released a supplement to the Mercator-Hondius Atlas titled Atlantis majoris appendix, sive pars altera, which gradually expanded over the years.nBeginning in 1638, the atlas was renamed Atlas novus and expanded to three volumes. A fourth volume was added in 1646, followed by a fifth in 1650, which was split into two parts: Atlas maritimus (Part 1) and Atlas antiquus (Part 2). Part 1 included this anemographic or wind map.nThe map features thirty-two wind heads, each corresponding to a compass point labelled in six languages: Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish/Portuguese, French and Dutch. The four cardinal windsnorth, east, south, and westare depicted as large, heads each associated with symbolic traits. North is linked to rain, east to the Sun, west to flowers, and south to powerful billowing wind. nThe smaller wind heads are also personified, with their characteristics reflecting variations in age and race. The upper left quadrant (north), depicts pale, bearded elderly men, while the upper right (east), features beardless, dark-skinned faces. The lower left (west) and right (south) quadrants include beardless, pale-skinned faces arranged in apparent age progression, from young to old.
First published: Atlas novus, Vol. 5, Part 1. Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius, 1650
Mapmaker: Janssonius, Johannes (1588-1664)
Price: 1,700
Primary Category: Prints & Related Material
Purchase Reference: Ledger 2022
Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market
References: Johannes Keuning, The Novus Atlas of Johannes Janssonius, Imago Mundi 8 (1951): 7198.
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1650
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