Janssonius Johannes - Mare Atlanticum - Etching on paper (1650s)
Estimate: £1,600 - £1,800
Mare Atlanticum is an ancient map realized in 1650 by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664).
Good conditions.
From Atlantis majoris quinta pars, Orbem maritimum [Novus Atlas, volume V: carte marittime]. Amsterdam: Janssonius, 1650. Technique is etching and they are hand watercolored, with coeval watercoloring.
First edition of this famous work by Janssonius also known as the "Waterwereld"; It is the first "maritime atlas (in the true sense of the word) printed in the Netherlands" (Koeman) and published as the fifth volume of the Atlas Novus.
Good conditions.
From Atlantis majoris quinta pars, Orbem maritimum [Novus Atlas, volume V: carte marittime]. Amsterdam: Janssonius, 1650. Technique is etching and they are hand watercolored, with coeval watercoloring.
First edition of this famous work by Janssonius also known as the "Waterwereld"; It is the first "maritime atlas (in the true sense of the word) printed in the Netherlands" (Koeman) and published as the fifth volume of the Atlas Novus.