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Author: Blaeu
Year/Period: 1665
| Size: | Inches: | 45 x 31 |
| CM: | 114 X 80 |
Price: $389.99
SKU: PLAN 1 B
Description:
The Blaue family ran one of the most renowed Dutsch publishing house during the seventeenth century, specialised in the printing of geographical books, nautical maps and atlases. Willem and his son Joan published the Atlas Novus (full title: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus) in two volumes in 1635. Joan and his brother Cornelius took over the studio after their father died in 1638. Joan became the official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company. This map is part of The Atlas Maior (or Atlas Novus, as earlier editions were called). It was conceived by Willem Blaeu, but compiled by his son Joan Blaeu and completed in 1665. The original work consisted of eleven volumes, in Latin, containing 594 maps.
The full title Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive, Atlas novus refers to the earlier Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Ortelius, published in 1570.
Engraving Information:
This artistic reproduction of a vintage map was made using modern graphic procedures, but obtaining the results found in the antique copperplate engraving technique, as one can easily find out by lightly rubbing his/her finger on the map. This map, which is an exact reproduction of the original antique, is printed on cotton paper panels which are glued and mounted on a cotton cloth background "a stacchi" (slightly separated from each other), in order to allow for folding and easier transport. Finally, map is water-colored by hand making it a truly unique piece, worthy of the original old print.
