Rare Johannes Janssonius Map of Le Maine.

JANSSONIUS, Johannes .

$2,000.00

Item Number: 123074

Amsterdam:, 1668.

Rare copper engraved, hand-colored map of the French province of Maine and its surrounds by Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius. One page with detailed topographical details and hand-colored borders. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 27 inches by 22.5 inches.

The son of publisher and bookseller Jan Janszoon the Elder, Dutch cartographer Johannes Janssonius married Elisabeth de Hondt, the daughter of Jodocus Hondius, in 1612, and produced his first maps of France and Italy in 1616. In the 1630s he formed a partnership with his brother in law Henricus Hondius, and together they published atlases as Mercator/Hondius/Janssonius.