Hispania by Hondius Jodocus (5 results)

Original Kupferstich-Karte aus der ersten französischen Ausgabe von Bertius' "Atlas Minor" gedruckt in Amsterdam bei J. Hondius im Jahre 1618. Mit französischem Text auf der Rückseite. -- Blatt-Maße: ca. 12 x 17,5 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Original engraved map out of the first French edition of Bertius' "Atlas Minor", published by J. Hondius in Amsterdam in 1618. With French text on verso. -- in good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.…

Kupferstich-Karte aus der lateinischen Ausgabe von Bertius' "Atlas Minor" gedruckt in Amsterdam bei J. Hondius im Jahre 1618. Mit lateinischem Text auf der Rückseite. -- Maße: ca. 9,5 x 13,5 cm. -- gut erhalten. || Copper engraved map out of the Latin edition of Bertius' "Atlas Minor", published by J. Hondius in Amsterdam in 1618. With Latin text on verso. -- in very good condition. // Wir, das Antiquariat Steffen Völkel, kaufen und verkaufen alte Bücher, Handschriften, Zeichnungen, Autographen, Grafiken und Fotografien. Wir sind stets am Ankauf von kompletten Bibliotheken, Sammlungen und Nachlässen interessiert. la Gewicht in Gramm: 10.…

Original copper-engraved map of Spain an Portugal (13.3 x 19.3 cm). Uncoloured. Latin text on verso. Very good condition.

unbound. Map. Engraving with hand color. Image measures 13 1/2" x 18 7/8" This wonderful map from circa 1640 covers central Mexico. The map beautifully renders mountains and cities in profile, including Mexico City, Mechoacan, and Guadalajara. Towns, villages, rivers and other topography are also labeled. A large armorial title cartouche adorns the map, along with several illustrations of sailing ships, sea monsters, and fauna. Minor splitting to lower centerfold, and expert archival repairs to margins. German text verso. Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) was the founder of a prolific map publishing business, which helped to propel the Dutch to lead innovations in cartography. When Jodocus the elder died in 1612, his wife Colette ran the business until their sons came of age to join the firm. During this time, their daughter Elisabeth married Johannes Jansson and the two of them helped Colette run the business. Jodocus & Colette's youngest son, Henricus Hondius (1597-1651) later ran the business along with his extended family. This map is a wonderful example of his work.…

1st Edition. London: Michael Sparke and Samuel Cartwright, 1635. Coloured. 150 x 190mm, set in English letterpress. A small format map of Spain and Portugal, decorated with a strapwork cartouches containing the title and scale. It was published in the 'Historia mundi, or, Mercator's Atlas. Containing his Cosmographical Description of the Fabricke and Figure of the World', in which all the maps were printed laterally to the text. The 'Atlas Minor', the pocket version of the Mercator atlas, was first published in 1607, with several editions up to 1621. Soon afterwards the printing plates were sold to a London publisher, and were used to illustrate 'Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes' by Samuel Purchas in 1625. A decade later this 'Historia mundi' was the first English edition of the 'Atlas Minor'. …