COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Date:
1635
Short Title:
Rhenvs Fluviorum (With) Danvbivs, Fluvius Europæ Maximus
Publisher:
Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Publisher Location:
Amsterdam
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
41
Obj Width cm:
96
Scale 1:
Scale not determined.
Note:
2 maps on 1 sheet. Top is Rhenvs Fluviorum: 1 map : copperplate engraving, hand colour. Oriented with north at the right. Scale bars in the top left, below a row of putti holding the arms of the provinces and states lining the river from source to estuary: the lands of the Helvetii (mythical?), Alsace, the Palatinate, the Archbishoprics of Mainz, Trier and Cologne, the Duchy of Cleves, and the Dutch provinces of Gelderland, Utrecht, and Holland. Dedication to Andries Bicker (1586-1652) in the top right corner, in a cartouche surmounted with Bicker's arms. Accompanied by a personfication of (?) Justice at the left. Title in the bottom right, on a tablet next to a pool filled by multiple river gods, with the infant Bacchus above. Together with the identically-sized map of the Danube pasted immediately below, this sheet was engraved as a replacement for two maps published in the earliest German editions of Blaeu's new atlas (1634 and 1635), which were no more than revised extracts from his wall chart of Germany. Both substitutes were first printed in the Latin, French and Dutch editions of the altas published in 1635, and continued to appear in permutations of the atlas until the early 1670s. Bottome map is Danvbivs, Fluvius Europæ Maximus: 1 map : copperplate engraving, hand colour. Title in the top right corner, flanked by groups of oppsing figures: at the left Faith and Philip II, and at the right a Turk and Irreligion, who treads on a crucifix. Scale bars in the bottom left corner, below a group of (occasionally Michelangelesque) river gods. Together with the identically-sized map of the Rhine pasted immediately above, this sheet was engraved as a replacement for two maps published in the earliest German editions of Blaeu's new atlas (1634 and 1635), which were no more than revised extracts from his wall chart of Germany. Both substitutes were first printed in the Latin, French and Dutch editions of the altas published in 1635, and continued to appear in permutations of the atlas until the early 1670s.
Reference:
Rhenvs Fluviorum: P. van der Krogt, Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. 2, Houten, 2000, p. 487, no. 1120:2B G. Schilder, Monumenta Cartographia Neerlandica, vol. 5, Alphen, 1996, p. 273. Danvbivs, Fluvius Europæ Maximus: P. van der Krogt, Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. 2, Houten, 2000, p. 487, no. 1110:2B G. Schilder, Monumenta Cartographia Neerlandica, vol. 5, Alphen, 1996, p. 273
Country:
Germany
Country:
Netherlands
Country:
Austria
Country:
Slovakia
Country:
Croatia
Region:
Rhine River (Netherlands and Germany)
Region:
Danube River
Full Title:
Rhenvs Fluviorum Europæ celeberrimus, cum Mosa, Mosella, et reliquis, in illum se exonerantibus, fluminibus. (with) Danvbivs, Fluvius Europæ Maximus, A Fontibvs Ad Ostia, Cum omnibus Fluminibus, ab utroque latere, in illum defluentibus.
List No:
10151.037
Page No:
Rhenvs Fluviorum: BL System Number 004918549 Maps K.A.R.(33). Danvbivs, Fluvius Europæ Maximus: BL System Number 004826916 Maps K.A.R.(33).
Series No:
37
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:
10151037.jp2
Authors:
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
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Rhenvs Fluviorum (With) Danvbivs, Fluvius Europæ Maximus
