De Hemelsche Cloots

Acquired From: Leen Helmink

Colouring: Uncoloured

Condition: Fair

Confirmed: No

Dealers ID No.: 21243

Description: This engraving first appeared in the cosmographical section of CaertThresoor, the compact, Dutch atlas published in 1598 under the imprint of Barent Langenes and distributed through the Amsterdam publisher Cornelis Claesz. Designed as an affordable, portable alternative to large-format atlases, Caert-Thresoor brought together terrestrial, maritime, and cosmographical material for both scholarly and general audiences.nMost plates were engraved by Pieter van den Keere (View Record (#285), View Record (#383)), with additional contributions by Jodocus Hondius (including the present plate, View Record (#29)View Record (#4),View Record (#296)). The authorship of some maps, such as the East Indies plate (View Record (#388)), remains uncertain and may involve either engraver.nThis small double-hemisphere celestial map depicts the northern and southern skies populated with mythological constellations, drawing on the Ptolemaic celestial tradition. Within the atlas, it serves as a cosmographical counterpart to the terrestrial maps, reflecting contemporary ideas about the ordered relationship between the heavens and the Earth.nThe map is framed by decorative strapwork and numbered 9 in the upper right corner, indicating its sequence within the atlas. The printers signature A 5 at the lower right denotes the fifth leaf of section A.

Engraver: Hondius, Jodocus

First published: Caert-Thresoor, Middelburg: Barent Langenes, 1598

Image Size (cm): 12.4×8.5

Mapmaker: Langenes, Barent (fl. 1598-1609)

Other states: Dutch, French, Latin, and German editions between 1599 and 1650

Primary Category: Prints & Related Material

Rarity: R1 Extremely rare – occasionally seen on the market

References: Peter van der Krogt, ed., Koemans Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. 3 (t Goy-Houten: HES & De Graaf, 1997), 382-383 (no. 341:05).nGünter Schilder, Monumenta Cartographica Neerlandica, vol. 7 (Lochem: Canaletto, 2003), 460461.

Sheet size (cm): 18×12

Technique: Copper Engraving

This state: First