Johan Elzevier (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1663 Holy Bible by Elzevir The first Dutch "States Bible" to be printed in roman type, printed by the famous Leiden printers, publishers and booksellers Elzevier. The "States Bible" is the first officially authorized translation of the Bible into Dutch (the "Statenvertaling"), commissioned during the Synod of Dordrecht (1618-1619). The States General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands were asked to pay for it, hence its name. The translation was completed in 1635 and approved, authorized and published in 1637 in Leiden. For the present 1663 edition, the Elzeviers followed the text of the 1657 revised and corrected edition. In a sense, it could be seen as a revolutionary publication, even though it still is an authorised version of the Bible. The decision to set the main text in roman type rather than the conventional gothic textura, was unprecedented in such publications and not only contributed to the spread of roman type in Dutch-language printed matter generally (works in Latin were often set in roman more than a century earlier), but also contributed to the prolonged popularity of the authorised translation itself and of the present edition. The present copy is illustrated with 4 double-page maps published by Dancker Danckerts and 1 EXTRAMELY RARE world map published ca. 1663 BY DANCKER DNACKERTS SHIRLEY: 0 The splendid binding shows slight signs of wear, browned and foxed but still showing the highly detailed decorations. Full-leather bind with copper buckles the spine is restored. A World Map Unknown To Rodney Shirley This rare double hemisphere map of the world is among the earliest maps to depict both of Abel Tasman's Voyages to Australia and New Zealand and among the earliest to depict the New Zealand and Australian Coastlines, based upon a confirmed visit. The cartographical features follow Jan van Doetecum's world map engraved for Merula's Cosmographiae universalis (1605;), with changes in the southern hemisphere of the globe according to more recent discoveries; whereas the decorative elements surrounding the two hemispheres is copied from Visscher's world map from around 1663. Dancker Danckerts published 3 world maps in about 1660, this being the second. His first world map Orbis terrarum typus de integro (c. 1660) was drawn on an oval shape. This map updates the projection of the world to a depiction in twin hemispheres. In the gussets are two schemes that show the helio and geocentric world view. The decoration surrounding the two hemispheres is identical to Nicolaes J. Visscher's Second Bible World Map, c. 1663 (Shirley 431), hence the date of the map. With Dutch back text. - Danckerts produced his world maps for the Statenbijbel editions in close competition with the far more successful Nicolaes Janszoon Visscher, which is why copies of Danckert's world maps are much less common. 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 (1634-1666), was a skilled engraver who produced several maps. Justus I was most likely influenced by both their work when he followed his father, Cornelis I Danckerts (1603-1656), into the publishing business.