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Stock# 0015

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Peter Schenk

Title

Nova Totius America Tabula [Wall Map--1 of 3 known examples]

Publication Place / Date

Amsterdam / 1710

Image Dimensions

34.5 x 43 inches

Color

Hand Colored

Condition

Stock# 0015

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Description

An excessively rare, separately published wall map of the Americas with an unrecorded view of New York and 3 other views. Only two other recorded examples, one at Colonial Williamsburg and one in a private European Collection. Based primarily on the Mathisz map of 1655 which in turn followed Joan Blaeu's World map of 1648. The cartouches and embellishments differ from the Mathisz. Open Great Lakes. California as an Island. The large polar inset is derivative of the Blaeu, although the shape of the the Northern part of California is based on Hondius' map of North America. Rare wall map, the first to appear on the market since the 1950s. Goregously hung in a plexiglass shadow box. For a full condition report, please e-mail a request.

Peter Schenk Biography

Peter Schenk the Elder (1660-1711) moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and began to learn the art of mezzotint. In 1694 he bought some of the copperplate stock of the mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, which allowed him to specialize in the engraving and printing of maps and prints. He split his time between his Amsterdam shop and Leipzig and also sold a considerable volume of materials to London.

Peter Schenk the Elder had three sons. Peter the Younger carried on his father’s business in Leipzig while the other two, Leonard and Jan, worked in Amsterdam. Leonard engraved several maps and also carried on his father’s relationship with engraving plates for the Amsterdam edition of the Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.