Europa

A nice map taken from "Cosmographia : Das ist: Ein schöne Richtige und volkomliche Beschreibung deß Göttlichen Geschöpffs, Himmels und der Erden, beydes der Himmlischen und Irdischen Kugel, in ihre Theil, Europam, Asiam und Aphricam, beneben Americam getheilet" (1597).

Etching and engraving with fine hand colour, very good condition.

Johannes Rauw was a cosmographer, theologian and composer originally from northern Hassia. He worked as a Protestant pastor from 1551 in Kirchlotheim, from 1571 in Haina and from 1580 until his death in time of Hassia.

The most important work was the "Cosmographia" published in Frankfurt am Main in 1597, a work that contains on more than a thousand pages with numerous theological recordings on copper of cities and maps, for which he resorted to plates of the engraver Matthias Quad.