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I'm afraid that I sent my first query too hastily, and realized after the fact that I had not yet consulted van der krogt, which sits on a shelf immediately behind my desk. As Francis Herbert points out, van der Krogt essentially solves the problem. Henry Taliaferro On 9/9/10 5:11 AM, "Francis Herbert" <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the > whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + > > Dear Henry Taliaferro, > > You end your query with "Can anyone shed some light on this subject?". > I, for one, cannot - "but I know a man who could". But would you, first > of all, make contact with the following monograph - > > 'Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, New Edition, Volume 1 : The folio > atlases published by Gerard Mercator[,] Jodocus Hondius[,] Henricus > Hondius[,] . . . and their successors', compiled by Dr Peter van der > Krogt ('t Goy - Houten [NL] : HES, 1997), ISBN 90-6194-268-3? The first > of the compiler's two 'Concordances - 'Old to New [Koeman] Atlas > Numbers' (p.753) - gives information on your (old) Koeman numbers Me 30 > and 35; and a lot more, such as the 'Biographical notes' (pp.31-9) on > the main players noted therein. Upon the fair basis of your having > digested information from this work I guess Peter would be willing to > update/clarify any residual queries:) > > Sincerely, > Francis Herbert ('who helped') > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Henry Taliaferro > Sent: 08 September 2010 21:29 > To: Discussion group for map history > Subject: [MapHist] Jodocus Hondius plates > > I have recently acquired a Hondius composite atlas that seems to have a > complicated history. The atlas has the title-page to the 1633 Henricus > Hondius Atlas Appendix (Koeman Me 35.) But the contents in no way > resemble > those of that atlas. > > 27 of its 29 maps bear the imprint of Jodocus Hondius and are printed > from > the plates sold by the heirs of Jodocus Hondius Jr. to Willem Blaeu in > 1629. > > Koeman list a composite (Me 30), which he describes as being "composed > of > maps ... By Jodocus Hondius not used for the Mercator atlas [1629].") > Virtually all of our maps are found there. > > Although it is never appears in the more frequently cited sources, I > presume that when it is stated that Blaeu bought 36 Jodocus Hondius > plates > from the heirs of Jodocus Hondius Jr., we are speaking about plates only > engraved by Jodocus Hondius Jr., and not Jodocus Hondius Sr. > > I have gone through the collation of the 1623 and 1628 Mercator Hondius > atlases and do not see any maps there that appear to be printed from > these > plates, and Koeman specifically says that no such maps appeared in the > 1629 > edition. That he does not mention the 1628 or earlier editions suggests > that > the plates may not have been ready until late 1628 or 1629, and then > were > sold before they could be included in the 1629 edition. I note that one > of > the maps, that of the Elbe, is dated 1628. I further note that another, > the > map of Virginia is generally described as the rarest of the John Smith > derivatives. > > Am I correct in assuming that these plates were very recently engraved, > and > had not yet appeared in any regularly produced Hondius atlas when they > were > sold? If so, a certain number of map sheets must have already been > pulled by > the time of the sale. > > If this is true, how were these maps presented to the public? In > composites > such as ours and that cited by Koeman? Henricus Hondius and Joannes > Jansson > do not seem to have included any of them in the Atlas Majoris Appendix > (from > 1630) or the Atlas Appendix (from 1633). > > If they were recently engraved, thus up-to-date, and had not yet > appeared in > any Hondius atlases, it might explain why they were of such interest to > the > Blaeus. > > Can anyone shed some light on this subject? > > Henry Taliaferro > > _______________________________________________ > MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography > hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of > the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of > Utrecht. 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