BLAEU JOAN e CORNELIUS
Novam hanc Territorii Francofurtensis Tabulam…
Date: Amsterdam,1650 about
Frankfurt
Cod 7584
Subject: Frankfurt
900,00 €
Copper engraving, mm 455x550, contemporary colouring. Very good specimen with small perfect restoration to the central fold and slight genearle oxidation of the sheet. One of the most beautiful maps of the Blaeu family's production, richly illustrated with the arms of the houses of Frankfurt and its surroundings, enriched at the top by the figures of Justice, Concord, Peace and Council. W. Blaeu, an astronomer and pupil of Tycho Brahe, founded a workshop for the construction of globes in 1599; almost immediately, he also began to publish maps, leading in 1630 to the creation of the first atlas 'Atlantis Appendix' and five years later, the first edition in two volumes of the 'Atlas Novus'. After his death in 1662, the famous 11-volume 'Atlas Maior' was published by his son Johan. In 1672, a fire destroyed the workshop and marked the end of the business.
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