3774 - Johannes Janssonius, Map of Mecklenburg

Johannes Janssonius, Map of Mecklenburg bottom left: a cartouche surmounted by a coat of arms, inscribed here as “Brandebvrgvm Marchionatvs, cum Ducatibus …”, depicting the area between Stralsund in the north, Glogau in the east, Wittenberg in the south and Lauenburg in the west; partially coloured copperplate engraving, mid-17th century; text on the reverse; smoothed fold; slight signs of wear; dimensions of the illustration approx. 40 x 52 cm; sheet dimensions approx. 50 x 58.5 cm. Artist’s details: Dutch cartographer and publisher (c. 1588 Arnhem - 1664 Amsterdam), pupil of Jodocus Hondius; married Hondius’s daughter Elisabeth in 1612 and, following Hondius’s death in 1612, took over his publishing house, which he continued to run, and further published the ‘Mercator-Hondius’ atlas originally published by Hondius with the addition ‘...-Janssonius’; in 1639, he published his most significant work, *Theatre du Monde*, in three volumes, which grew to 11 volumes by 1662; he was in lifelong competition with Joan Blaeu, who was based in Amsterdam; source: Wikipedia.