Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery – Now FREE!
Exactissima Helvetiae Rhaetiae, Valesiae Cieterorumq, Confaederatorum ut et finitimorum Populorum Regionum Tabula.
Description: Striking and hightly detailed double page copper engraved 1680 Visscher’s early map of the Switzerland area from Lac Leman to the Bodensee and south to Lakes Maggiore and Como. Map shows a lot of topographical details as well as cities, villages, rivers, lakes and mountains. The large decorative title cartouche features twocherubs and a landscape.
Date: 1680 ( undated )
Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 63,4 x 53,8
Condition: Very strong and dark impression on very strong paper. Paper with chains and wiremark. Original colors. Wide margins. Paper browned. Small tears. Conditions are as you can see in the images.
Cartographer: The Visscher family were prominent Dutch map publishers for nearly a century. The Visscher cartographic story beings with Claes Jansz Visscher ( 1587 – 1652 ) who established the firm in Amsterdam near the offices of Pieter van den Keer and Jadocus Hondius. Many hypothesize that Visscher may have been one of Hondius’s pupils and, under examination, this seems logical. The first Visscher maps appear around 1620 and include numerous individual maps as well as an Atlas compiled of maps by various cartographers as well as by Visscher himself. Upon the death of Claes, the firm fell into the hands of his son Nicholas Visscher I, and would, in turn, eventually be passed on to his son, Nicholas Visscher II. Most of the maps bearing the Visscher imprint were produced by these two men. Many Visscher maps also bear the imprint Piscator (a Latinized version of Visscher) and often feature the image of an elderly fisherman. Upon the death of Nicholas Visscher II, the business was carried on by the widowed Elizabeth Visscher until it was eventually sold to Peter Schenk.
View My Feedback
View My Other Items For Sale
Visit my Store
All of the maps we sell are ORIGINALS. We guarantee all of our maps to be authentic. We do our best to describe the condition of our maps as accurately as possible. Due to the age and type of paper, some imperfections are to be expected. Please examine the images provided carefully, and if you have please ask and we will be happy to help.
A Certification of Authenticity ( COA ) can be issued on request
I will send you all your item by Registered and Insured Airmal or by TNT/DHL with covering Insurance
If you buy more than one item you have to pay just one only shipping cost
Any map purchased from us may be returend for any reason for a full refund.
About old times rare antiquarian bookS & maps sellers
Our Firm was founded in 1983 and we are specialized on antiquarian works on paper concerning Antique Rare Maps, Atlases and Travel Books of all the World.
Our Firm adheres to the Codes of Ethics outlined by the Italian Antiquarian Booksellers Association ( ALAI ) and International League of Antiquarian Booksellers ( ILAB ).
All items sold by OLD TIMES are genuine and a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) will be happily supplied on request.
Many Thanks
Cesare Giannelli
OLD TIMES
RARE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS & MAPS SELLERS
Via Cortonese, 70
06124 – Perugia
Italy
Phone/Fax: 0039 – 075 – 505 20 18
http://www.oldtimesrarebooks.com
On Aug-31-09 at 22:04:14 PDT, seller added the following information:
50.00
0.00
