Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
Title:
Atlas novus, sive, Descriptio geographica totius orbis terrarum : tabulis aeneis luculentissimis & accuratissimis exornata : tribus tomis dinstinctus / Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii.
Alternate Title(s):
Title of volume 2: Atlantis novi pars secunda, exhibens Germaniam Inferiorem, Galliam, Helvetiam, atque Hispaniam
Published / Created:
Amstelodami : Apud Ioannem Ianssonium & Henricum Hondium, 1638.
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 51 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2023 49
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.

Text enlarged by Petrus Montanus.

The engraved title page (volume 1) reproduces the engraved title page of the French edition of 1633, on which has been mounted letterpress slips bearing the title and imprint in Latin.

Titles within hand-colored illustrated borders; head and tail-pieces, initials.

Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Me 51a

Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Me 52a

Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Me 50b

List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 422

BAC Folio A 2023 49: Bound in contemporary vellum. Plates are hand-colored.
Exhibition History:
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
Subject Terms:
Geography -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Atlases. | World atlases.
Contributors:
Hondius, Jodocus, 1563–1612, cartographer. | Montanus, Petrus, 1595?-1638. | Hondius, Hendrik, 1597–1651, publisher. | Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594, cartographer.