COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Author:
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Author:
Gerritsz., Hessel, approximately 1581-1632
Author:
Visscher, Claes Jansz., 1586 or 1587-1652
Author:
Vinckeboons, David, 1576-1629
Date:
1658
Short Title:
Nieuwe ende Waarachtighe Beschrijvinge der Zeventien
Publisher:
Joannes Blaeu
Publisher Location:
Amsterdam
Type:
Atlas Map
Type:
Wall Map
Obj Height cm:
135
Obj Width cm:
163
Scale 1:
Scale not determined.
Note:
1 map : copperplate engraving on 12 sheets, hand colour. Oriented with north at the right. Title above the map. Royal arms of France in the top left corner, surrounded by the Order of St Michael. Illustration of the arms of the Seventeen Provinces at the top of the map, on a panel titled 'De wapenen der Zeventien Nederlanden.' Decorative cartouche in the top right corner, framing an oval tablet inscribed with a dedication to the Dutch provinces. Enthroned above is the allegorical figure of Regina Belgica, who holds a merchant ship and sceptre, and is flanked in Salomonic fashion by two lions, who bear the arms of the Spanish Netherlands (left) and United Provinces (right, represented by the seven arrows of Utrecht). Below, either side of the inscription, are four deities: Mars and Minerva at the left, and Mercury and Neptune at the right - appropriately the side to which Regina Belgica holds the merchant ship. At the base of the ensemble is an smaller oval tablet, left empty, beneath which is a swag composed of arms at the left, and instruments at the right - cartographic, astronomical and musical. Secondary cartouche at the left edge, containing a key and an index of the number of towns and villages in each province. At the sides, personifications of Geometry and Painting have been converted into terms. Imprint and scale bars in the bottom right corner, in a third cartouche surmounted by a sundial and armilliary sphere, and two putti brandishing scribes, calipers and rulers. Row of ten numbered equestrian portraits along the top edge, depicting the rulers of both Netherlands from Philip II onwards: Philip II (1527-98); Margaret of Parma (1522-86); Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507-82); Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga (1528-76); John of Austria (1547-78); Matthias, Archduke of Austria, and later Holy Roman Emperor (1557-1619); Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545-92); Francis, Duke of Anjou (1555-84); William the Silent, Prince of Orange (1533-84); Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532/3-88). The other three portraits from this set are missing. Map flanked at the sides by two columns of ten city prospects, which were also engraved by Gerritsz after Claes Jansz Visscher. The left column is composed of views of Antwerp, Ghent, Nijmegen, Limburg, Namur, Mons, Zutphen, Mechelen, Groningen and the Palace of Coudenberg, while its pendant illustrates Brussels, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Middelburg, Utrecht, Arras, Leeuwarden, Deventer, Dordrecht, and the Binnenhof. In other copies the placement of the top five views from both sides is reversed. The same is true of Klencke's copy of Blaeu's German atlas, for which see 004848100. . G. Schilder, Monumenta Cartographia Neerlandica, vol. 1, Alphen, 1986, pp. 122-4, including this copy.
Reference:
G. Schilder, Monumenta Cartographia Neerlandica, vol. 1, Alphen, 1986, pp. 122-4, including this copy
Country:
Netherlands
Full Title:
Nieuwe ende Waarachtighe Beschrijvinge der Zeventien na hare rechte gheleghentheyt, volcomender ende breeder als oyt voor desen is ghedaen, nu nieulijcx met grooten vlijt aldus verbetert ende ghemeerdert, ANNO CIƆ IƆC LVIII.
List No:
10151.025
Page No:
BL System Number 004896865 Maps K.A.R.(22).
Series No:
25
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:
10151025.jp2
Authors:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673; Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638; Gerritsz., Hessel, approximately 1581-1632; Visscher, Claes Jansz., 1586 or 1587-1652; Vinckeboons, David, 1576-1629
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Nieuwe ende Waarachtighe Beschrijvinge der Zeventien
