MAGNI DVCATVS LITHVANIÆ, 1636–1690

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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

www.raremaps.com

www.sanderusmaps.com

Royal Danish Library:
www.kb.dk

Wroblewski Library of the
Lithuanian Academy of
Sciences: elibrary.mab.lt