RHINE TABULA GEOGRAPHICA QUA PARS SEPTENTRIONALIS SIVE INFERIOR RHENI

£175

Interesting map by Visscher and Schenk of the Rhine from Mainz to the Sea.Detailed.Good full original colour.Very good condition.

code : M1945

Cartographer : Nicolaas VISSCHER

Date : 1690c Amsterdam

Size : 48*56cms

availability : Available

Price : £175

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Among the many great Dutch map publishers active in the seventeenth century were the Visscher family; the firm was begun by Claes Jansz Visscher (1587-1652), and subsequently included his son Nicolaas (1618-1679), grandson Nicolaas II (1649-1702) and then his grandson’s widow, Elizabeth, until her death in 1726.

Although mainly art dealers, the Visschers were prolific publishers, producing individual maps and also atlases made up to their customers’ specifications. Indeed, they are commonly regarded as second only to the Blaeus among Dutch map-makers for the high quality of engraving and decoration and the geographical accuracy of their many maps. Particularly outstanding - not only as maps but as works of art - are their world maps.