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JAN JANSSON (1588-1664)
Oxonium Comitatus Vulgo Oxford Shire, Amsterdam: Gerard Valk & Peter Schenk, [1683 or ?1690]. Hand-coloured engraved map, College coats-of-arms surrounded by cavorting cherubim, elaborate cartouche. (A few very light spots). 375 x 480mm; together an example Jan Jansson's Provincia Oxoniensis. Oxford-shire ([Amsterdam, [1644 or later]).
Schenk and Valk acquired Jansson's plates in 1681 on the death of Jansson's son in law. They added small town plans, longitude and latitude and a graticule. (2)
Oxonium Comitatus Vulgo Oxford Shire, Amsterdam: Gerard Valk & Peter Schenk, [1683 or ?1690]. Hand-coloured engraved map, College coats-of-arms surrounded by cavorting cherubim, elaborate cartouche. (A few very light spots). 375 x 480mm; together an example Jan Jansson's Provincia Oxoniensis. Oxford-shire ([Amsterdam, [1644 or later]).
Schenk and Valk acquired Jansson's plates in 1681 on the death of Jansson's son in law. They added small town plans, longitude and latitude and a graticule. (2)
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