Persici Vel Sophorum Regni Typus
| Reference: | S42726 |
| Author | Jodocus HONDIUS |
| Year: | 1606 ca. |
| Zone: | Persia |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 500 x 350 mm |
€400.00
| Reference: | S42726 |
| Author | Jodocus HONDIUS |
| Year: | 1606 ca. |
| Zone: | Persia |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 500 x 350 mm |
€400.00
Description
Jodocus Hondius attractive, richly detailed map of the areas of present day Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan, with rich original color. On the map in the area of Iran, Tabriz (Tauris), Tehran (Taron), Isfahan (Ispaham), Qum (Coma) and Shiraz (Schiras) are among the many recognizable place-names; in Iraq, Bagadet (Baghdad), Balsara (Basra), and Mosul appear. The ruins of Babylon are also marked. In Afghanistan, Chabul and Candahar can be found.
The map is prepared by Gerard Mercator for his Atlantis Pars Altera (1595) published posthumously after the death of Mercator, by the Duisburg printer Albert Buys, under the supervision of his son Rumold Mercator. Composed of six parts - published separately between 1589 and 1594 - it includes 107 maps, all except Rumold's map of the world, made by Gerard Mercator.
The plates were then purchased by Jodocus Hondius, who between 1606 and 1630 used them for his Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi, integrating and updating them with his own "new" maps. Of Mercator's maps are also known reprints edited by Johannes Janssonius. The Hondius and Janssonius editions had a great commercial success and were printed in several languages, with the text on the back of the map in Latin, French, German and Dutch.
The map is engraved with the typical connotations of Mercatorian work. The mountains are aligned in a mountainous area concept, not to indicate true chains or valleys, and have a structure with some differences in size, but similar in shape, with vertical slopes and flat tops. The cities are shown through more or less large castles characterized by slender and pointed roofs, similar to wizard hats.
Example from Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi by Jodocus Hondius, first printed in 1606.
Copper engraving, in good condition.
Jodocus HONDIUS (Amsterdam 1563 - 1612)
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Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) was a foremost map engraver of his day; he worked for many Dutch publishers, and was employed by the English map and print-sellers, Sudbury and Humble, to engrave the maps for John Speed’s The Theatre of The Empire of Great Britaine, published in 1612. In 1604, Hondius bought the copperplates of Mercator’s Atlas at the auction of Gerard Jr.’s effects. He added another forty maps, including new maps of the Continents and important regional maps of the Americas, before publishing a new edition of the Atlas, in 1606, in competition with Ortelius’ Theatrum. As many of the maps were more up-to-date, the Mercator-Hondius Atlas effectively superseded Ortelius’ Theatrum. On his death in 1612 his widow, Coletta van den Keere continued the business; from 1619 onwards their son Henry (II) (1597-1651) took over. From 1633 publication was carried on in co-operation with Jan Jansson Jr., Henry’s brother-in-law.
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Jodocus HONDIUS (Amsterdam 1563 - 1612)
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Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) was a foremost map engraver of his day; he worked for many Dutch publishers, and was employed by the English map and print-sellers, Sudbury and Humble, to engrave the maps for John Speed’s The Theatre of The Empire of Great Britaine, published in 1612. In 1604, Hondius bought the copperplates of Mercator’s Atlas at the auction of Gerard Jr.’s effects. He added another forty maps, including new maps of the Continents and important regional maps of the Americas, before publishing a new edition of the Atlas, in 1606, in competition with Ortelius’ Theatrum. As many of the maps were more up-to-date, the Mercator-Hondius Atlas effectively superseded Ortelius’ Theatrum. On his death in 1612 his widow, Coletta van den Keere continued the business; from 1619 onwards their son Henry (II) (1597-1651) took over. From 1633 publication was carried on in co-operation with Jan Jansson Jr., Henry’s brother-in-law.
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