Sicilia Regnum
| Reference: | S45309 |
| Author | Tipografia Valck & Schenk |
| Year: | 1690 ca. |
| Zone: | Sicily |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 500 x 405 mm |
€950.00
| Reference: | S45309 |
| Author | Tipografia Valck & Schenk |
| Year: | 1690 ca. |
| Zone: | Sicily |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 500 x 405 mm |
€950.00
Description
Rare Valck and Schenk edition of Janssonius' famous map of Sicily.
The map - first published in the Novus Atlas of 1645 - is based on Mercator's map of 1589; there are only a few significant additions in the decorative apparatuses with the inclusion of a female figure, taken from Blaeu's similar map of 1635, the coat of arms of the crown of Sicily, and a series of tritons and sea gods placed around the graphic scale.
The copperplate passed into the hands of printers Valck and Schenk, who reissued it with only the addition of the geographic grid and the change in editorial data. The coordinates are different from those used for Mercator's Sicily-for which Messina changes from 37° 55' to 34° 55'-and seem to refer rather to the Cape Verde Islands.
“This is the same copperplate printed by Joannes Janssonius in 1645, with only the addition of the geographic grid and the change of the editorial imprint, which becomes "apud G. Valk et P. Schenk." The graphic reticle has a half-degree scan. The dating, as well as the provenance of such a chart, i.e. the inclusion of such a chart in an atlas, is very problematic. Petrus Schenk I (c. 1660-1718) was a German engraver and publisher who moved to Amsterdam at a very young age where he became a pupil of Gerad Valk (1656-1726) and whose sister Agatha he married in 1687. The association between the two dates back as early as the early 1680s; around 1690 they happened to acquire most of Janssonius's copperplates, which were edited by them with minor retouches and modifications. In a list of Janssonius maps owned and traded by "Petrus Schenk & Gerardus Valk" preserved in the Herzog August Bibliotheck in Wolfenbüttel, unfortunately undated, the island of Sicily is noted at number 399.
It is very likely that the copperplate was also printed again and marketed during the eighteenth century by the heirs Leonard Valk (1675-ante 1755) and Petrus Schenk II (1698-1775)” (cfr. Valerio, p. 318).
Bibliografia
V. Valerio, Sicilia 1477-1861, La collezione Spagnolo-Patermo in quattro secoli di cartografia, n. 143; KOEMAN 1967-1985: III, 107-114 (Schenk), 136-140 (Valck).
Tipografia Valck & Schenk (attiva 1687 - 1711 circa)
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Gerard Valk, or Gerrit Leendertsz Valck (1652-1726) together with his son Leonard, were the only significant publishers of globes in the Netherlands in the eighteenth century, enjoying an almost total monopoly in the first half of the 1700's. Initially an engraver and art dealer and having worked for map-sellers Christopher Browne and David Loggan in London between 1672 and 1679, Valk established the firm in Amsterdam in 1687. Initially, they published maps and atlases, but in 1700 the company moved the shop to the building previously occupied by map and globe-maker Jodocus Hondius. Around 1711, when he became a member of the bookseller's guild, Leonard Valk (1675-1746) came into partnership and his name started to appear alongside that of his father on the cartouches of the globes, although the earliest of these, both terrestrial and celestial, still bear the date 1700. Leonard naturally took over the business on his father's death in 1726 and following his own death in 1746 the firm was run by Maria Valk, cousin, and wife to Gerard.
Peter Schenk the Elder (1660-1711) moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and began to learn the art of mezzotint. In 1694 he bought some of the copperplate stock of the mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, which allowed him to specialize in the engraving and printing of maps and prints. He split his time between his Amsterdam shop and Leipzig and also sold a considerable volume of materials to London. Peter Schenk the Elder had three sons. Peter the Younger carried on his father’s business in Leipzig while the other two, Leonard and Jan, worked in Amsterdam. Leonard engraved several maps and also carried on his father’s relationship with engraving plates for the Amsterdam edition of the Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.
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Tipografia Valck & Schenk (attiva 1687 - 1711 circa)
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Gerard Valk, or Gerrit Leendertsz Valck (1652-1726) together with his son Leonard, were the only significant publishers of globes in the Netherlands in the eighteenth century, enjoying an almost total monopoly in the first half of the 1700's. Initially an engraver and art dealer and having worked for map-sellers Christopher Browne and David Loggan in London between 1672 and 1679, Valk established the firm in Amsterdam in 1687. Initially, they published maps and atlases, but in 1700 the company moved the shop to the building previously occupied by map and globe-maker Jodocus Hondius. Around 1711, when he became a member of the bookseller's guild, Leonard Valk (1675-1746) came into partnership and his name started to appear alongside that of his father on the cartouches of the globes, although the earliest of these, both terrestrial and celestial, still bear the date 1700. Leonard naturally took over the business on his father's death in 1726 and following his own death in 1746 the firm was run by Maria Valk, cousin, and wife to Gerard.
Peter Schenk the Elder (1660-1711) moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and began to learn the art of mezzotint. In 1694 he bought some of the copperplate stock of the mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, which allowed him to specialize in the engraving and printing of maps and prints. He split his time between his Amsterdam shop and Leipzig and also sold a considerable volume of materials to London. Peter Schenk the Elder had three sons. Peter the Younger carried on his father’s business in Leipzig while the other two, Leonard and Jan, worked in Amsterdam. Leonard engraved several maps and also carried on his father’s relationship with engraving plates for the Amsterdam edition of the Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.
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