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Lee, I am a dealer in maps and would advise against trimming the map for any display. Some day you or your heirs will want to sell the map, and a trimmed one may be more difficult to sell. In addition, if joined, the frame would be in excess of six feet wide and would be very heavy due to the glass that must be used. I recommend you use six separate frames and you not trim the sheets. You might also have glass put on the back sides so the text can be read. Regards, Luke From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee Leibold Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 10:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MapHist] Need advice on Framing and Displaying of Very Large 6 piece map. Please help…need advice. I just recently purchased a copy of the Jansson/Hornius Map of the Holy Land from 1662. I need to know what would be the best way to frame/mat and display this map. It is going to be displayed in a public place. The map is Divided into six panels and oriented to the east, this map covers Israel or the Holy Land from the southern tip of the Dead Sea and Edom to the Golan Heights and modern day Lebanon. Printed area measures 36 inches high by 73 inches wide. All sheets have text on verso. All and all, a remarkable example of this collection. Stated size represents map as a composite, individual sheets measure 18 x 22 (smaller 4 sheets) or 18 x 29 (larger 2 sheets). Question is; frame and mat as 1 piece, trimming margins or framing as 6 individual pieces with very narrow frames? Would like some suggestions or comments. Does anyone have a translation of the French text from the back of the map. Would like to display the translation also. Description: An extraordinarily rare map, this is the 1662 Johannes Jansson and Georgius Hornius six part map of the Holy Land. This map is an expansion and enlargement of a smaller plan of the same general area issued by Christian van Adricham around 1590. Jansson expanded and embellished Adricham's map in order to illustrate the text composed by Georgius Hornius (George Horn) for volume six of his Novus Atlas , Accuratissimia Orbis Antiqui Delineatio . Consequently some refer to this map, which is as a whole untitled, as the Hornius Map". Some cartobibliographers identify this as a seven panel set, but they are merely referring to the two enlarged panels, which each contain half of a seventh sheet. All panels contain French text on verso, identifying this series as coming from the 1662 French edition of Johannes Jansson's Atlas Novus , volume 6. Size: Printed area measures 36 inches high by 73 inches wide. Condition: Very good with old color. Each sheet exhibits original centerfold lines. A couple of the sheets exhibit minor overall toning. Thanks, Lee Lee Leibold Dallas, Texas 75207 .
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