MAGNI DUCATUS LITHUANIÆ.., 1690, 1702, 4th state

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MAGNI DUCATUS LITHUANIÆ..., 1690, 1702, 4th state

Amsterdam, 22 × 18.5 inches, based upon Hessel Gerritsz’s four-sheet map of the 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 “Sumptibus Janssonio-Waesbergior”.
State 4, Schenk and Valk, 1690, inscription “Typis Amstel. apud P. Schenk & G. Valk Cum priv.”

Valk’s “privilege” was granted 1668.

Year

1690, 1702

Publisher

Gerard Valk 

Petrus Schenk

Sources

www.raremaps.com

Royal Danish Library:
www.kb.dk/map

Lithuanian National Museum: lnm.lt