COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Author:
Mercator, Rumold, approximately 1545-1599
Author:
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Author:
Visscher, Claes Jansz., 1586 or 1587-1652
Date:
1659
Short Title:
Nova Et Accvrata Totius Germaniae Tabvla
Publisher:
Joannes Blaeu
Publisher Location:
Amsterdam
Type:
Atlas Map
Type:
Wall Map
Obj Height cm:
97
Obj Width cm:
122
Scale 1:
Scale not determined.
Note:
1 map : copperplate engraving on 6 sheets, hand colour. Title above the map. Illustration of Neptune in the top left corner, accompanied by a (?) Dutch knight and two mermans blowing conch horns. Arms of the Holy Roman Empire in the bottom left, above Joan Blaeu's imprint. Three scale bars in the bottom left corner, next to a winged putto with a caliper. An additional scale bar is hidden at the very bottom of the map, to the right of the Adriatic Sea. Row of eight equestrian portraits along the top of the map, depicting the electors of the Empire, from left to right: Maxmilian Heinrich of Bavaria (1621-88), Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and Chancellor of the Empire in Italy; Johann Philipp von Schönborn (1605-73), Archbishop-Elector of Mainz and Chancellor of the Empire in Germany; Karl Kaspar von der Leyen (1618-76), Archbishop-Elector of Trier and Chancellor of the Empire in Burgundy; Leopold I (1640-1705), Holy Roman Emperor; Charles I Louis (1617-80), Elector Palatine; Ferdinand Maria (1636-79), Elector of Bavaria; Johann George II (1613-80), Elector of Saxony; Friedrich Wilhelm (1620-88), Elector of Brandenburg. Each portrait is printed on a separate sheet glued to the map, and the order in which the electors are presented here differs from other copies. Map flanked at the sides by two columns of ten small city prospects, which are engraved on two plates by Claes Jansz Visscher, often after designs by Braun and Hogenberg. The left column contains views of Prague, Speyer, Basel, Augsburg, Strasbourg, Brunswick, Heidelberg, Lübeck, Erfurt and Mainz, its pendant Frankfurt (Main), Nuremberg, Ulm, Vienna, Regensburg, Worms, Cologne, Leipzig, Trier and Hamburg. In other copies of the wall map this arrangment is reversed.
Reference:
G. Schilder, Monumenta Cartographia Neerlandica, vol. 5, Alphen, 1996, pp. 280-2, this copy p. 280, note 147
Country:
Germany
Full Title:
Nova Et Accvrata Totius Germaniae Tabvla, Olim À Rumoldo Mercatore Edita, Nunc Denuo Multis In Locis Emendata Et Aucta, Anno M.DC.LIX.
List No:
10151.022
Page No:
BL System Number 004848100 Maps K.A.R.(19).
Series No:
22
Publication Author:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Publication Author:
Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612
Publication Author:
Visscher, Claes Jansz
Publication Author:
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Publication Author:
Tassin, Christophe Nicolas
Pub Date:
1660
Pub Title:
(Klencke Atlas). Orbis Terræ Compendium, Carolo Secundo dedicatum a I. Kliencke (a Collection of Maps by Blaeu, Hondius, Visscher, &c.)
Pub Reference:
British Library Maps K.A.R. R. Shirley, The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700, London, 1993, 2nd ed, pp. 392-6, no. 371. In the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829. .British Museum, Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829
Pub Note:
The Klencke Atlas resides at the British Library and we are grateful to them for providing scanned images of the atlas and complete catalog metadata as part of a joint project to scan and catalog the maps and atlases from the low countries of Europe that are part of the King George III Topographical Collections. From the British Library description: "The Klencke Atlas is one of the world's biggest: it measures 176 x 231 cm when open. It takes its name from Joannes Klencke, who presented it to Charles II on his restoration to the British thrones in 1660. Its size and its 40 or so large wall maps from the Golden Age of Dutch mapmaking were supposed to suggest that it contained all the knowledge in the world. At another level, it was a bribe intended to spur the King into granting Klencke and his associates trading privileges and titles. Charles, who was a map enthusiast, appreciated the gift. He placed the atlas with his most precious possessions in his cabinet of curiosities, and Klencke was knighted. Later generations have benefited too. The binding has protected the wall maps which have survived for us to enjoy - unlike the vast majority of other wall maps which, exposed to light, heat and dirt when hung on walls, have crumbled away. Titled 'Orbis Terræ Compendium, Carolo Secundo dedicatum a I. Kliencke. i.e. a Collection of Maps by Blaeu, Hondius, Visscher, &c. One Volume 5 feet 10 inches by 3 feet 2 inches." For more on the Klencke Atlas, see the British Library website, https://www.bl.uk/c…
Pub List No:
10151.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
42
Pub Height cm:
176
Pub Width cm:
116
Image No:
10151022.jp2
Authors:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673; Mercator, Rumold, approximately 1545-1599; Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638; Visscher, Claes Jansz., 1586 or 1587-1652
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