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Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura. Editio decima. By Jodocus Hondius / Gerard Mercator / Rumold Mercator / Cornelis Claesz
1630 Jodocus Hondius / Gerard Mercator / Rumold Mercator / Cornelis Claesz
Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura. Editio decima.
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Atlas ou Representation du Monde Universel, et des Parties d'Icelui, Faicte en Tables et Descriptions Tres Amples et Exactes [but: Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii Atlas, Das ist, Abbildung der gantzen Welt, mit allen darin degriffenen Ländern und Provintzen...]
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Amsterdam / 1633
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13 x 19 inches
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Hand Colored
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Handsome Original Hand-Color.

With Near Contemporary Manuscript Annotations Discussing Ottoman Sieges.

A beautiful 161-map example of the 1633 edition of the Mercator-Hondius-Jansson atlas of the world, one of the most influential atlases produced in the wake of Abraham Ortelius's death in 1598.

Though this volume appears with an engraved French title page, this was intended to have been pasted over with German letterpress slip.

Van Der Krogt (1:321) says of this edition:

The first German language edition of the Atlas is a rather complicated edition. There are two different titles, Atlas (1:321) and Atlas Novus (1:322), both with imprints by Janssonius and Hondius or either of these separately. Furthermore 14 maps were replaced during this edition. Instead of listing the different copies of each replaced map, they are presented in a table [not reproduced here]. This table shows that the replacement took place very irregularly.

This example includes dense marginal notes in a 17th-century hand regarding various battles in central Europe during the wars with the Ottomans.

The original coloring in this example is more vibrant and elaborate than in many examples of this atlas.

List of maps

Names from imprint are noted.

  1. Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula (Hondius)
  2. Europa Exactissime Descripta (H. Hondius)
  3. Afriae nova Tabula (H. Hondius)
  4. Asia recens summa cura delineata (H. Hondius)
  5. America noviter delineata (H. Hondius)
  6. Tabula Islandiae
  7. Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Tabula (H. Hondius)
  8. Irlandiae regnum (G. Mercator)
  9. Scotia, Regnum (G. Mercator)
  10. Angliae regnum (G. Mercator)
  11. Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus (G. Mercator)
  12. Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria, Caernarvan... (G. Mercator)
  13. Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria... (G. Mercator)
  14. Eboracum, Lincolnia, Derbia, Staffordia... (G. Mercator)
  15. Warwicum, Northhamtonia, Huntingdonia, Cantabrigia
  16. Suecia et Norvegia cum confinys (G. Mercator)
  17. Daniae Regnũ (G. Mercator)
  18. Iutia Septentrionalis (G. Mercator)
  19. Ducatus Holsatiae Nova Tabula (H. Hondius)
  20. Fionia (G. Mercator)
  21. Prussia Accurate Descripta (J. Jansson)
  22. Livonia (H. Hondius)
  23. Russia cum confinijs (G. Mercator)
  24. Lithuania (G. Mercator)
  25. Transylvania (H. Hondius & G. Mercator)
  26. Germaniae Veteris, typus (J. Jansson)
  27. Germaniae nova et accurata delineatio (H. Hondius)
  28. Frisia occidentalis (H. Hondius)
  29. Groninga Dominium (J. Jansson)
  30. Typus Frisiae Orientalis (J. Jansson)
  31. Oldenberg Comitatus (J. Jansson)
  32. Westfalia Cum Dioecesi Bremensi (H. Hondius & G. Mercator)
  33. [Southern Westfalia] (H. Hondius & G. Mercator)
  34. Monasteriensis Episcopatus (J. Jansson)
  35. Episcopatus Paderbornenis descriptio nova (H. Hondius)
  36. Osnaburgensis Episcopatus (H. Hondius)
  37. Comitatus Bentheimensis Nova Descriptio (H. Hondius)
  38. Berghe Ducatus Marck Comitatus et Coloniensis Diocesis (H. Hondius & G. Mercator)
  39. De Hertochdommen Gulick Cleve Berghe en de Graefschappen vander Marck en Ravensbergh (Blaeu)
  40. Westphalia Ducatus (J. Jansson)
  41. Coloniensis Archiepiscopatus (H. Hondius)
  42. Archiepiscopatus Trevirensis Descriptio
  43. Nassovia Comitatus (H. Hondius)
  44. Totius Rheni... descriptio (H. Hondius)
  45. Dioeceis Leodiensis Accurata Tabula (H. Hondius)
  46. Murs Comitatus; Regionum Urbium et flumi... descriptio (G. Mercator)
  47. Waldeck Comitatus (G. Mercator)
  48. Nova Descriptio Palatinatus Rheni (J. Jansson)
  49. Erpach Compitatus (J. Jansson)
  50. Wirtenberg Ducatus (H. Hondius & G. Mercator)
  51. Maximi Totius Europae Fluminis Danubii... Delineatio (H. Hondius)
  52. Totius Sueviae novissima Tabula (J. Jansson)
  53. Nova Alemanniae Sive Sueviae Superioris Tabula (H. Hondius)
  54. Alsatia Inferior (H. Hondius & G. Mercator)
  55. Territorium Argentoratense (J. Jansson)
  56. Alsatia Superior (H. Hondius & G. Mercator)
  57. Territory Basiliensis Nova Descriptio (J. Jansson)
  58. Saxonia Inferior Et Meklenborg Duc (H. Hondius & G. Mercator)
  59. Ducatus Luneburgensis... (J. Jansson)
  60. Nobilis Fluvius Albis... in lucem editus (J. Jansson)
  61. Meklenberg Ducatus (J. Jansson)
  62. Braunswyck Et Meydburg (J. Jansson)
  63. Episcopatus Hildesiensis Descriptio Novissima (J. Jansson)
  64. Comitatus Mansfeldiae Descriptio (J. Jansson)
  65. Hassia lantgraviatus (H. Hondius and G. Mercator)
  66. Abbatia Heresfeldensis... (H. Hondius)
  67. Thuringiae Nova Descriptio (J. Jansson)
  68. Franckenlandt Francia orientalis (H. Hondius & G. Mercator)
  69. Bavaria Ducatus (H. Hondius & G. Mercator)
  70. Palatinatus Bavariae (J. Jansson)
  71. Territorium Norimbergense (J. Jansson)
  72. Saxoniae superioris Lusatiae Misniaeque descriptio (H. Hondius & G. Mercator)
  73. Marca brandenburgensis & Pomerania  (H. Hondius and G. Mercator)
  74. Nova Famigerabilis Insulae... Rugiae Descriptio
  75. Bohemia in Suas Partes Geographicé Distincta (J. Jansson)
  76. Moravia Marchionatus (J. Jansson)
  77. Austria Archiducatus (H. Hondius)
  78. Saltzburg archiepiscopatus cum ducatu Carinthiae (J. Jansson)
  79. Polonia Et Silesia (G. Mercator)
  80. Silesiae Ducatus Nova et accurata Descriptio (J. Jansson)
  81. Hungaria (G. Mercator)
  82. Galliae... descriptio (H. Hondius)
  83. Britannia & Normandia (G. Mercator)
  84. La Beauce
  85. Carte du Pais de Xaintonge (J. & H. Hondius)
  86. Aquitania australia Regnũ Arlatense (G. Mercator)
  87. La Partie Septentrionale du Languedoc (J.Hondius)
  88. La Partie Meridionale du Languedoc (H.Hondius)
  89. Carte description general de Dauphiné (H.Hondius)
  90. La Principauté d'Orange... 
  91. Gouvernement de l'Isle de France
  92. Provincia La Provence. (J. & H. Hondius)
  93. Gouvernement de l'Isle de France (bis)
  94. Sabaudia Ducatus La Savoié (J. Hondius)
  95. Picardia
  96. L'Archevesche de Cambray (H. Hondius)
  97. Champagne Comitatus Campania 
  98. Bolonia et Guines Comitatus (J. Hondius)
  99. Biturigum Le Duche de Berry (J. Hondius)
  100. Poictou Pictaviensis Comitatus (J. Hondius)
  101. Lotharingia Septentrionalis Loraine
  102. (Southern Lorraine)
  103. Burgundia Ducatus (G. Mercator)
  104. Burgundiae Comitatus, Franche Comté
  105. Nova Helvetiae Tabula (J. Hondius)
  106. (Northern Switzerland) (G. Mercator)
  107. Das Wiflispurgergov (G. Mercator)
  108. Lacus Lemani (H. Hondius)
  109. (Central Switzerland) (G. Mercator)
  110. Alpinae seu Foederatae Rhaetiae Subditarumque... descriptio (J. Jansson)
  111. Belgii sive Germaniae Inferioris... (H. Hondius)
  112. Pars Flandriae orientalis... (H. Hondius)
  113. (Imperial Flanders)
  114. Novissima et Accuratissima Brabantia Ducatus Tabula (H. Hondius)
  115. Comitatus Hollandiae novissima descriptio... (H. Hondius)
  116. Episcop. Ultraiectinus... (H. Hondius)
  117. (Zelandia Comitatus (G. Mercator)
  118. Ducatus Geldriae novissima descriptio... (H. Hondius)
  119. Artesia Comit. (G. Mercator)
  120. Hannonia. Namurcum Comitatus (G. Mercator)
  121. Namurcum Comitatus 1632 (H. Hondius)
  122. Trier & Lutzenburg (G. Mercator)
  123. Ducatus Limburg... (H. Hondius)
  124. Typus Hispaniae... (H. Hondius)
  125. Portugalliae que olim Lusitania... descriptio 
  126. Castiliae Veteris et Novae Descriptio 
  127. Gallaecia Regnum 
  128. Andeluziae Nova Descript. (J. Hondius)
  129. Regni Valentiae Typus 
  130. Cataloniae Principatus Descriptio Nova 
  131. Novissima Arragoniae Regni Tabula (H. Hondius)
  132. Italia Nuovamente... (H. Hondius)
  133. Lombardiae Alpestris pars occidentalis cum Valesia 
  134. Tarvisina Marchia et Tirolis Comitatus (G. Mercator)
  135. Territorium Tridentinum (J. Jansson)
  136. Dominium Venetum in Italia (H. Hondius)
  137. Pedemontana regio cum Genvensium territorio... (G. Mercator)
  138. Reipublicae Genuensis... (J. Jansson)
  139. Montisferrati Ductus (H. Hondius)
  140. Mantua Ducatus (J. Jansson)
  141. Mediolanum Ducatus (H. Hondius)
  142. Forum Iolium, Karstia, Carniola, Histria et Windorum Marchia. (G. Mercator)
  143. Tuscia (G. Mercator)
  144. Stato Della Chiesa... (H. Hondius)
  145. Neapolitanum Regnum (H. Hondius). Van der Krogt's proof state "a"
  146. Sicliae Regnum (G. Mercator)
  147. Stiria (G. Mercator)
  148. Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae Parte. (G. Mercator)
  149. Walachia Servia, Bulgaria, Romania (G. Mercator)
  150. Graecia (G. Mercator)
  151. Macedonia Epirus et Archaia. (G. Mercator)
  152. Turcici Imperii Imago. 
  153. Situs Terrae Promissionis... (H. Hondius)
  154. Persici vel Sophorum Regni Typus 
  155. Tartaria
  156. China
  157. Indiae Orientalis Nova Descriptio (J. Jansson)
  158. Nova Virginiae Tabula (H. Hondius)
  159. Peru (J. Jansson)
  160. Accuratissima Brasiliae Tabula (H. Hondius)
  161. Freti Magenlanici... 
Condition Description
Folio (13" by 19"). Early stiff-board vellum (soiling, some stains, stubs of foredge ties). All edges stained red. French title page without German text or new imprint pasted over the original (van der Krogt's variant 1:321D). 18th-century ownership inscription to verso of title page for a library in Lißa (Leszno). Maps in original hand-color. Each leaf on guards. Minor marginal soiling. Occasional old laid paper repairs to margins and expert repair to centerfolds. Expert archival tissue repair to edges. Occasional mid-18th century ink marginalia, apparently relating to France's annexation of Strasbourg, the Battle of Vienna, and events of the Great Turkish War. Title and half-title page each with old ink ecclesiastical stamp (with cross in shield, possibly flanked on right by shafts of wheat). Early binder's correction at pp. 37-38, with "Angliae regnum" pasted over second "Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Tabula", matching "Anglia" with its intended verso text (resulting bifolium is slightly thicker than rest and verdigris from "Magnae Britanniae..." faintly shows through).
160 (of 161) maps, plus second example of "Gouvernement de l'Isle de France". Lacks "Nova Illustrissimi Ducatus Pomeraniae Tabula".
pi1, chi1, 2chi1, **2, [***2], ***2, ****1, A-4H2 (lacks 4H), 4I-5H2 (bound out of order as 5H, 5G, 5H appearing for second time, 5F, 5I), 5K2-8K2, 3chi2.
Reference
Van der Kogt I, 1:321; Krogt, Peter van der. “Amsterdam Atlas Production in the 1630s: A Bibliographer’s Nightmare.” Imago Mundi 48 (1996): 149–60. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1151267.
Henricus Hondius Biography

Henricus Hondius (1597-1651) was a Dutch engraver and mapmaker, a member of a prominent cartographic family. His father, Jodocus Hondius, was also an engraver and geographer. While working with his father, Henricus was instrumental in the expansion and republishing of Mercator’s atlas, first published in 1595 and republished by Hondius in 1606.   

Upon his father’s death in 1612, Henricus and his brother, Jodocus the Younger, took over the business. He set up his own shop in 1621, where he continued to release new editions of the Mercator atlas. Later, he partnered with his brother-in-law, Jan Janssonius, in continuing to expand and publish Mercator’s atlas, which would become known as the Mercator-Hondius-Janssonius atlas. Born and based in Amsterdam, he died there in 1651.

Jan Jansson Biography

Jan Janssonius (also known as Johann or Jan Jansson or Janszoon) (1588-1664) was a renowned geographer and publisher of the seventeenth century, when the Dutch dominated map publishing in Europe. Born in Arnhem, Jan was first exposed to the trade via his father, who was also a bookseller and publisher. In 1612, Jan married the daughter of Jodocus Hondius, who was also a prominent mapmaker and seller. Jonssonius’ first maps date from 1616.

In the 1630s, Janssonius worked with his brother-in-law, Henricus Hondius. Their most successful venture was to reissue the Mercator-Hondius atlas. Jodocus Hondius had acquired the plates to the Mercator atlas, first published in 1595, and added 36 additional maps. After Hondius died in 1612, Henricus took over publication; Janssonius joined the venture in 1633. Eventually, the atlas was renamed the Atlas Novus and then the Atlas Major, by which time it had expanded to eleven volumes. Janssonius is also well known for his volume of English county maps, published in 1646.

Janssonius died in Amsterdam in 1664. His son-in-law, Johannes van Waesbergen, took over his business. Eventually, many of Janssonius’ plates were sold to Gerard Valck and Pieter Schenk, who added their names and continued to reissue the maps.

Gerard Mercator Biography

Gerard Mercator is one of the most famous cartographers of all time. Mercator was born in Flanders and educated at the Catholic University in Leuven. After his graduation in 1532, Mercator worked with Gemma Frisius, a prominent mathematician, and Gaspar a Myrica, a goldsmith and engraver. Together, these men produced globes and scientific instruments, allowing Mercator to hone his skills.

With his wife, Barbara, Mercator had six children: Arnold, Emerentia, Dorothes, Bartholomeus, Rumold, and Catharina.  In 1552, Mercator moved to Duisburg from Leuven, where he lived for the rest of his life. In 1564, he was appointed the official cosmographer to the court of Duke Wilhelm of Cleve.

Mercator’s most important contribution was the creation and popularization of a projection which now bears his name. On Mercator projection maps, all parallels and meridians are drawn at right angles to each other, with the distance between the parallels extending towards the poles. This allowed for accurate latitude and longitude calculation and also allowed navigational routes to be drawn using straight lines, a huge advantage for sailors as this allowed them to plot courses without constant recourse to adjusting compass readings.

Mercator’s other enduring contribution to cartography is the term “atlas”, which was first used to describe his collection of maps gathered in one volume. The Mercator atlas was published in 1595, a year after Mercator’s death, thanks to the work of his sons, particularly Rumold, and his grandsons.

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