Janssonius Johannes - Antique Map - Attica - Etching on paper (1650)
Estimate: £2,000 - £2,500
Antique Map - Attica 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.
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.