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Description

Scarce Moses Pitt map of Silesia centered on Breslau.

The map shows Cracow in the southeast, Prague in the southwest, and Posen in the North. Follows the course of the Oder from Ratisbon to beyond Frankfurt am Oder.

Two cartouches and a coat of arms.

Rarity

No prior appearances listed in dealer catalogs in AMPR in the past 25 years.

Condition Description
Old color. Laid down on an old mat backing board, but generally a beautiful example.
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.