Genoa

Rare bird's eye voew of Genoa, printed in Amsterdam by Dancker Danckerts.

A fine impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, with fine later hand colour, trace of antique inscriptions on the back, otherwise good condition.

The Danckerts were a family of Dutch engravers and geographers who produced geographic materials, including a series of original atlases. Initially, Justus I Danckerts (1635-1701) was a book and print publisher based in Amsterdam. His great-uncle, Cornelis Danckerts de Rij, (1561-1634) was a surveyor who produced a Kaert-boeck showing various views of Amsterdam. His brother, Dancker Danckerts (baptized 5 February 1634 in Amsterdam – buried 8 December 1666 in Amsterdam) was a well known Dutch engraver and publisher. Danckerts was the son of nl:Cornelis Danckerts of Amsterdam and Anne Minne of Leiden. The Danckerts belonged to a large Amsterdam family of engravers, cartographers, print-sellers and publishers. Danckerts was known for both his etchings of paintings, maps and his publications. His works are widely collected and feature in numerous museum, library and archive collections around the world.

Bibliografia

Cornelis Danckerts and His "Nieuw Aerdsch Pleyn" by J. Keuning, Imago Mundi, Vol. 12 (1955), pp. 136–139.