MAP, Southern France, Mercator/Jansson
Southern France. Mercator/Jansson, Provincia. La Provence., from Atlas Minor, 1631 (published). Hand Color. Charming little map of Provence in southern France fully engraved with hundreds of place names and adorned with two decorative cartouches. The Rhone and Durance Rivers are meticulously mapped, noting even the marshy area at the mouth of the Rhone. Crisply engraved by Petrus Kaerius. German text on verso.
This map was re-engraved for Jan Jansson's editions of the Atlas Minor, published in 5 editions between 1628-48. The copperplates for the original Atlas Minor editions published by Hondius were sold to parties in England between 1621-25. Jansson commissioned Pieter van den Keere and Abraham Goos to engrave new plates, which were close copies of the original editions.
LITERATURE: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #4700:352.1.
Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 in
Condition Report: Nice impression on a clean sheet. There are remnants of hinge tape on verso. Grade: A
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Southern France. Mercator/Jansson, Provincia. La Provence., from Atlas Minor, 1631 (published). Hand Color. Charming little map of Provence in southern France fully engraved with hundreds of place names and adorned with two decorative cartouches. The Rhone and Durance Rivers are meticulously mapped, noting even the marshy area at the mouth of the Rhone. Crisply engraved by Petrus Kaerius. German text on verso.
This map was re-engraved for Jan Jansson's editions of the Atlas Minor, published in 5 editions between 1628-48. The copperplates for the original Atlas Minor editions published by Hondius were sold to parties in England between 1621-25. Jansson commissioned Pieter van den Keere and Abraham Goos to engrave new plates, which were close copies of the original editions.
LITERATURE: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #4700:352.1.
Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 in
Condition Report: Nice impression on a clean sheet. There are remnants of hinge tape on verso. Grade: A
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