Catégorie : Titlepage

Acquired From: Paulus Swaen Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Good Confirmed: No Dealers ID No.: 47935 Description: The Civitates orbis terrarum (Cities of the World) is a monumental six-volume series of city views and plans, conceived as a cartographic and cultural companion to Abraham Orteliuss Theatrum orbis terrarum (for the 1584 edition View Record (#252)). The project…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Fair, loss lower right corner Confirmed: No Date Acquired: 26/10/2021 Description: Johannes Janssonius was born into a family of publishers and booksellers, gaining expertise in book printing from a young age. In 1612, he married Elisabeth Hondius, the daughter of the renowned mapmaker Jodocus Hondius I (View Record…

Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Confirmed: No Description: Following the death of Willem Blaeu in 1638, his son Joan Blaeu expanded and refined the familys atlas project, culminating in the monumental Atlas Maior. The origins of this enterprise, however, extend back several decades. In 1599, after briefly studying with the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, Willem Janszoon…

Colouring: Coloured Condition: Fair Dealers ID No.: 22714 Description: Index pagenFour elaborate allegorical scenes are shown, including Atlas holding the World aloft and an illustration of a woman beside a celestial globe, with pointer and compass, along with two winged gods in the heavens. At the bottom, a library scene including a large globe, atlas…

Acquired From: Paulus Swaen Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Fair Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 2021 Dealers ID No.: 25938 Description: This intricately engraved title page introduces Le Nouveau Théâtre du Monde, ou La Géographie Royale (The New Theatre of the World, or The Royal Geography), a comprehensive geographical work first published in 1713 by Pieter van der…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Confirmed: No Dealers ID No.: 15044 Description: Henri Abraham Châtelain in conjunction with his father Zacharie and brother Zacharie junior produced the Atlas historique under several different Chatelain imprints, depending on the Chatelain family partnerships at the time of publication. nIt was published in seven volumes: Volume…

Acquired From: Paulus Swaen Colouring: Coloured Condition: Fair Date Acquired: 2021 Dealers ID No.: 46725 Description: Johannes Janssonius was born into a family of publishers and booksellers, gaining expertise in book printing from a young age. In 1612, he married Elisabeth Hondius, the daughter of the renowned mapmaker Jodocus Hondius I (View Record (#80), View…

Colouring: Coloured Condition: Fair Dealers ID No.: 85220 Description: Heinrich Scherer was a Professor of Hebrew, Mathematics and Ethics at the University of Dillingen until about 1680. Thereafter he obtained important positions as Official Tutor to the Royal Princes of Mantua and Bavaria. It was during his time in Munich as Tutor to the Princely…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 20/10/2020 Description: This engraved title page introduces Volume II (Tomo Secondo) of the 1661 edition of Robert Dudleys DellArcano del Mare, retitled Arcano del Mare in this reissue. The second edition reorganised the original three-volume atlas (164647) into two uniformly sized folio…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: No Date Acquired: 28/01/2023 Dealers ID No.: 19157 Description: Following the death of Willem Blaeu in 1638, his son Joan Blaeu expanded and refined the familys atlas project, culminating in the monumental Atlas Maior. The origins of this enterprise, however, extend back several decades. In…