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Important Cartography from the Niewodniczanski Collection
WAGHENAER, Lucas Janszoon (1533-1606)
Pars prima [-altera] speculum nauticum super navigatione maris occidentalis confectum, continens omnes oras maritimas Galliae, Hispaniae et praecipuarum partium Angliae. Leiden: Franciscus Raphelengius for Lucas Jansenius Aurigarius, 1586 [dates of both titles amended in ink to 1587].
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WAGHENAER, Lucas Janszoon (1533-1606)
Pars prima [-altera] speculum nauticum super navigatione maris occidentalis confectum, continens omnes oras maritimas Galliae, Hispaniae et praecipuarum partium Angliae. Leiden: Franciscus Raphelengius for Lucas Jansenius Aurigarius, 1586 [dates of both titles amended in ink to 1587].
First Latin edition of the first printed pilot book to incorporate sea charts, this copy with overall strong impressions of the charts. From the library of Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615-1690) and his son Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1661-1742). All editions of Waghenaer's atlas are very scarce.
‘This work holds a unique place among the printed rutters of the sea in the 16th century because it is the first printed rutter with charts... Thanks to the unparalleled skill of the engravers ... the original ms. charts by Waghenaer were transformed into the most beautiful maps of the period’ (Koeman). The great demand for Waghenaer's charts necessitated the translation of the work and publication of foreign pilots, the first of which was this Latin edition, translated by Martin Everaerts of Bruges. The excellence of this atlas was such that all other published charts of the coasts of Europe were based on it for at least a century, and all such later collections of sea charts were called after the author wagheners or waggoners or (in French) chartiers.
The first part in this copy is a variant of Koeman’s 5B: it agrees with the following: ‘On verso of the dedication to Queen Elizabeth follows the index. There is no preliminary matter like poems and preface’ and ‘On the frontispiece of the first part the name of Waghenaer is spelled ‘Iansenio Aurigario’ instead of ‘Ioannis Aurigario’, however the imprint of the first part differs, reading 'pro Luca Iansenio Aurigario’ which matches the imprint of the second part. Additionally the dates of both titles have been altered by hand from MDXXXVI to MDXXXVII. The only copy that Koeman records dated 1587 is a copy at Schloss Wolfegg with part I dated 1587; the collection at Schloss Wolfegg is world-renowned and contained another cartographic rarity, an example of Waldseemüller's world map of 1507, which, after lengthy negotiations and with special permission from the Cultural Heritage Protection Act, was sold to the Library of Congress in Washington in 2003. Adams W-1; Cox II, p. 384; Koeman IV, Wag 5A and 5B; Nordenskiöld Collection 2, 298; The World Encompassed 181.
Folio (396 x 285mm). 2 parts in one volume, 2 titles, the first engraved, the second woodcut, and 45 (22+23) double-page engraved coastal charts, all in Koeman's b state except for chart 2 in part I (which is apparently a variant of Koeman's [2a] with the legend 'Fades Frisiae . . .'of the b state, but retaining the text of the dedication) and chart 8 (which is Koeman's [8b] instead of [8b*]), 2 full-page engraved diagrams (one with a movable volvelle) and one large woodcut wind diagram in the text (map of Europe slightly cropped into neatline, minor worming affecting one or two guards and into the centre fold of some maps, engraved title a little dust-soiled, with chip at blank outer margin, and repairs at edge and lower corner, ownership inscription at head of first title, small round library stamp removed at foot). Contemporary vellum with large gilt arms on calf mounted to each cover, upper cover with red morocco label lettered in gilt 'Wagenaer Speculum Nauticum. 1586', flat spine, yapp edges (covers slightly bowed, edge of lower cover splitting and chipped, lacking ties). Provenance: Philipp William, Elector Palatine (1615-1690), (ownership inscription at head of title: ‘Phillipus Wilhelmus Comes Palatinus Rheni') — by descent to his son Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1661-1742; large gilt arms on calf label to each cover) — Sotheby’s 21 April 1983, lot 61.
Pars prima [-altera] speculum nauticum super navigatione maris occidentalis confectum, continens omnes oras maritimas Galliae, Hispaniae et praecipuarum partium Angliae. Leiden: Franciscus Raphelengius for Lucas Jansenius Aurigarius, 1586 [dates of both titles amended in ink to 1587].
First Latin edition of the first printed pilot book to incorporate sea charts, this copy with overall strong impressions of the charts. From the library of Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615-1690) and his son Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1661-1742). All editions of Waghenaer's atlas are very scarce.
‘This work holds a unique place among the printed rutters of the sea in the 16th century because it is the first printed rutter with charts... Thanks to the unparalleled skill of the engravers ... the original ms. charts by Waghenaer were transformed into the most beautiful maps of the period’ (Koeman). The great demand for Waghenaer's charts necessitated the translation of the work and publication of foreign pilots, the first of which was this Latin edition, translated by Martin Everaerts of Bruges. The excellence of this atlas was such that all other published charts of the coasts of Europe were based on it for at least a century, and all such later collections of sea charts were called after the author wagheners or waggoners or (in French) chartiers.
The first part in this copy is a variant of Koeman’s 5B: it agrees with the following: ‘On verso of the dedication to Queen Elizabeth follows the index. There is no preliminary matter like poems and preface’ and ‘On the frontispiece of the first part the name of Waghenaer is spelled ‘Iansenio Aurigario’ instead of ‘Ioannis Aurigario’, however the imprint of the first part differs, reading 'pro Luca Iansenio Aurigario’ which matches the imprint of the second part. Additionally the dates of both titles have been altered by hand from MDXXXVI to MDXXXVII. The only copy that Koeman records dated 1587 is a copy at Schloss Wolfegg with part I dated 1587; the collection at Schloss Wolfegg is world-renowned and contained another cartographic rarity, an example of Waldseemüller's world map of 1507, which, after lengthy negotiations and with special permission from the Cultural Heritage Protection Act, was sold to the Library of Congress in Washington in 2003. Adams W-1; Cox II, p. 384; Koeman IV, Wag 5A and 5B; Nordenskiöld Collection 2, 298; The World Encompassed 181.
Folio (396 x 285mm). 2 parts in one volume, 2 titles, the first engraved, the second woodcut, and 45 (22+23) double-page engraved coastal charts, all in Koeman's b state except for chart 2 in part I (which is apparently a variant of Koeman's [2a] with the legend 'Fades Frisiae . . .'of the b state, but retaining the text of the dedication) and chart 8 (which is Koeman's [8b] instead of [8b*]), 2 full-page engraved diagrams (one with a movable volvelle) and one large woodcut wind diagram in the text (map of Europe slightly cropped into neatline, minor worming affecting one or two guards and into the centre fold of some maps, engraved title a little dust-soiled, with chip at blank outer margin, and repairs at edge and lower corner, ownership inscription at head of first title, small round library stamp removed at foot). Contemporary vellum with large gilt arms on calf mounted to each cover, upper cover with red morocco label lettered in gilt 'Wagenaer Speculum Nauticum. 1586', flat spine, yapp edges (covers slightly bowed, edge of lower cover splitting and chipped, lacking ties). Provenance: Philipp William, Elector Palatine (1615-1690), (ownership inscription at head of title: ‘Phillipus Wilhelmus Comes Palatinus Rheni') — by descent to his son Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1661-1742; large gilt arms on calf label to each cover) — Sotheby’s 21 April 1983, lot 61.
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