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Johannes Mejer - Caspar Danckwerth
Caspar Danckwerth: Newe Landesbeschreibung
der zwei Herzogthümer Schleswig und Holstein.
Husum [Denmark] 1652. Folio. With engraved title
page (fully restored) and 40 double-page engraved
maps drawn by Johannes Mejer and engraved
by N. and M. Petersen. Both text and maps with
browning, dampstaining and soiling, several maps
and a few text pages (fully) restored. Small library
stamp on versos of maps. Bound in full calf, binding
with minor restoration, worn, with two ties.
Housed in modern cloth box. Further description
upon request.
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Johannes Mejer's work on Schleswig and Holstein is
the earliest printed atlas in Denmark and it covers the
area Schleswig Holstein from Hamburg to Kolding
in North. The maps are decorative with cartouches,
ships, folk­types, etc. The maps were engraved by the
brothers Matthias and Nicolai Petersen in the town of
Husum, after drawings by Johannes Mejer (1606­74).
Provenance: Det Kongelige Danske Geografiske
Selskab (The Royal Danish Geographical Society).
€ 2.700­4.050 20.000­30.000
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