description
MAGNI DVCATVS LITHVANIÆ
Amsterdam, 22 x 18.5 inches, based upon Hessel Gerritsz’s four-sheet map of trhe same title. In four states by four different publishers, according to “Imago Poloniae,” identifiable by the “Sumptibus” (published by) just above the bottom left frameline: State 1: Hondius, 1636, inscription “Sumptibus Henrici Hondy.” State 2: Jansson, 1649, inscription “Sumptibus Ioannis Ianssonii.” State 3: Moses Pitt, 1680, inscription “Sumptib Janssonio-Waesbergior.” State 4: Schenk and Valck, 1690, inscription “Typis Amstel. apud P. Schenk & G. Valk Cum priv.”
Year
1636–1650
Author
Hondius
Janssonius
Sources
Royal Danish Library:
www.kb.dk
Wroblewski Library of the
Lithuanian Academy of
Sciences: elibrary.mab.lt