Nouvelle Carte Geographiqye de la Mer d'Asof ou de Zabache & des Palus Meotides
| Reference: | S40080 |
| Author | Nicolas VISSCHER I |
| Year: | 1690 ca. |
| Zone: | Ukraine |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 590 x 495 mm |
€500.00
| Reference: | S40080 |
| Author | Nicolas VISSCHER I |
| Year: | 1690 ca. |
| Zone: | Ukraine |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 590 x 495 mm |
€500.00
Description
Fine old color example of Visscher's rare map of the Sea of Azof, northern Black Sea and Ukraine, on double thick paper, with wide margins.
Visscher's map is very rare, having apparently been issued only in a few composite atlases.
This is a later edition by Henrik De Leth, printed in the 18th century.
Nicolas VISSCHER I (1618 - 1679)
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For nearly a century the members of the Visscher family were important art dealers and map publishers in Amsterdam. The founder of the business, C. J. Visscher, had premises near to those of Pieter van den Keere and Jodocus Hondius whose pupil he may have been. From about 1620 he designed a number of individual maps, including one of the British Isles, but his first atlas consisted of maps printed from plates bought from van den Keere and issued as they stood with some additions of his own, including historical scenes of battles and sieges for which he had a high reputation. Some maps bear the latinized form of the family name: Piscator. After Visscher's death his son and grandson, both of the same name, issued a considerable number of atlases, constantly revised and brought up to date but most of them lacking an index and with varying contents. The widow of Nicholaes Visscher II carried on the business until it finally passed into the hands of Pieter Schenk.
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Nicolas VISSCHER I (1618 - 1679)
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For nearly a century the members of the Visscher family were important art dealers and map publishers in Amsterdam. The founder of the business, C. J. Visscher, had premises near to those of Pieter van den Keere and Jodocus Hondius whose pupil he may have been. From about 1620 he designed a number of individual maps, including one of the British Isles, but his first atlas consisted of maps printed from plates bought from van den Keere and issued as they stood with some additions of his own, including historical scenes of battles and sieges for which he had a high reputation. Some maps bear the latinized form of the family name: Piscator. After Visscher's death his son and grandson, both of the same name, issued a considerable number of atlases, constantly revised and brought up to date but most of them lacking an index and with varying contents. The widow of Nicholaes Visscher II carried on the business until it finally passed into the hands of Pieter Schenk.
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