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Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Description: The Van Keulen publishing house was one of the most important producers of nautical charts and sea atlases in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Founded by Johannes van Keulen in Amsterdam in 1678, the firm specialised in hydrographic publications intended for…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 11/6/2015 Description: Hendrick Doncker was one of the most important independent hydrographers and maritime publishers active in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age. Unlike firms that relied heavily on copying or adapting existing plates, Doncker was recognised by contemporaries for producing original…

Acquired From: Antique Print & Map Room Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 3/8/2016 Dealers ID No.: FP 1648 BLAE 001 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,…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 30/11/2015 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…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 26/5/2016 Description: Claes Jansz. Visscher was a leading Amsterdam map publisher whose output played a central role in shaping Dutch cartography in the first half of the seventeenth century. He established his publishing house in 1611 on the Kalverstraat, close to leading contemporaries…