Siena
| Reference: | CO-499 |
| Author | Pieter van den Keere KAERIUS |
| Year: | 1605 |
| Zone: | Siena |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 122 x 85 mm |
€180.00
| Reference: | CO-499 |
| Author | Pieter van den Keere KAERIUS |
| Year: | 1605 |
| Zone: | Siena |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 122 x 85 mm |
€180.00
Description
Map of Siena from the first edition of Cosmographia Universalis by Paul Merula, printed in Amsterdam in 1605.
The map was first issued in 1598 by Cornelis Claesz and engraved and realized by Jodocus Hondius and Pietre vand den Keere (Kaerius).
Claesz used the plate to illustrate various works he published by Peter Apian, Jan van Linschoten, Paul Merula and others.
Copperplate, inset in a page text, very good conditions.
Literature
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King, Miniature Maps, pp. 80/81.
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Pieter van den Keere KAERIUS (Ghent 1571 - 1646 circa)
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Engraver, publisher and bookseller of globes in-law of Jodocus Hondius was a student, with whom he worked closely. Among the other was half-brother Petrus Bertius and uncle of Abraham Goos. End engraver of maps worked with all active publishers in Amsterdam in the first half of the sixteenth century.
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Literature
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King, Miniature Maps, pp. 80/81.
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Pieter van den Keere KAERIUS (Ghent 1571 - 1646 circa)
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Engraver, publisher and bookseller of globes in-law of Jodocus Hondius was a student, with whom he worked closely. Among the other was half-brother Petrus Bertius and uncle of Abraham Goos. End engraver of maps worked with all active publishers in Amsterdam in the first half of the sixteenth century.
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