Janssonius Johannes - Antique Map - Map of Greece - Etching on paper (1650)
Lot 46 · Auction 05 - Old Master Prints and Maps · 15 April 2025
Estimate: £2,200 - £2,600
Antique Map of Greece - Graecia Vniversa is an antique map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664). The Map is Hand-colored etching, with coeval watercoloring.
Good conditions with slight foxing. Not signed.
From Atlantis majoris quinta pars, Orbem maritimum [Novus Atlas, volume V: carte marittime]. Amsterdam: Janssonius, 1650. First edition of this famous work by Janssonius also known as the "Waterwereld"; is the first "maritime atlas (in the true sense of the word) printed in the Netherlands" (Koeman) and was published as the fifth volume of the Atlas Novus.