Cartographer:
JANSSON, Jan
Title:
CORNUBIA five CORNWALLIA.
Stock Code:
2741
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Original colour
Atlas:
Atlas Novus
Edition:
German
Size: (W x H):
50cm x 38cm
19½ inches x 15 inches
Date:
1647
Price:
£800
Attractive map of Cornwall with compass points and ships at sea. 9 coats of arms, one blank, flanked by mermaids and cherubs. Decorated cartouche at lower left. secondary cartouche with two scales at lower right. ‘In 1647, a fourth volume was published, with maps of British Isles transferred from Volume 1’. Ref: Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandica, p377. Koeman: 5255:1.
Fine condition.