Castrum Mauritii ad ripam fluminis S. Francisci

Ogilby John ( 1600 - 1676 ) London

Verlag: Artist: Ogilby John ( - 1676 ) London issued in: London; - John Ogilby was a Scottish translator impresario and cartographer Best known for publishing the first British road atlas he was also a successful translator noted for publishing his work in handsome illustrated editions John Ogilby's career as a publisher and printer was gradual The first editions of his Virgil and Aesop transmissions were published by John and Andrew Crook both of whom were known for the poor quality of their printed works His edition of Virgil's works printed in 1654 was already a splendid volume of which Ogilby wrote jubilantly that it was "the most beautiful that English printing can boast of so far" Ogilby had financed the printing of the lavish Virgil edition, 1600

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 28 x 34 cm cm; - Depiction of the Rio Sao Francisco and Fort Maurice in Brazil. This is from John Ogilby's America: being the latest, and most accurate description of the New World . Collected from most authentic authors, supplemented with later observations, and embellished with maps and sculptures, by John Ogilby. The first edition of this work was published by Ogilby in London in 1671. It is the first English edition after Arnoldus Montanus' De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld, to which Ogilby added a number of references to New England, New France, Maryland and Virginia. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AF0223_500

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Castrum Mauritii ad ripam fluminis S. ...
Verlag: Artist: Ogilby John ( - 1676 ) London issued in: London; - John Ogilby was a Scottish translator impresario and cartographer Best known for publishing the first British road atlas he was also a successful translator noted for publishing his work in handsome illustrated editions John Ogilby's career as a publisher and printer was gradual The first editions of his Virgil and Aesop transmissions were published by John and Andrew Crook both of whom were known for the poor quality of their printed works His edition of Virgil's works printed in 1654 was already a splendid volume of which Ogilby wrote jubilantly that it was "the most beautiful that English printing can boast of so far" Ogilby had financed the printing of the lavish Virgil edition
Erscheinungsdatum: 1600
Auflage: 1. Auflage