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GELDERLAND - TRAMEZZINO, MICHELE (fl.1539-62).
Geldrae Clivae Iuliae nec non aliarum regionum adiacentium nova descriptio. Venice: Michele Tramezzino, 1558. Engraved map of Gelderland by Jacob Bos, 500 x 394mm, trimmed with original extended margins (Some light discolouration to the centre of map.)
A highly important and rare map of Gelderland, here in its second state. Tramezzino based it on Jacob van Deventer's (c..1500-1575) series of five monumental woodcut maps of Netherlands provinces produced from 1536-1545. Deventer made detailed triangulated surveys of the provinces, and his maps were by far the most accurate of the region ever produced. It is thought that Deventer published his map in Mechelen in 1543, although not a single copy has survived. An anonymous Italian engraved version was printed in 1556, and survives in only one copy. Tramezzino's rendering is therefore the earliest obtainable record of Deventer's work. The image embraces the courses of the Rhine and the Maas Rivers, from Maastricht and Cologne down through to their dramatic confluence. To the north of the rivers is situated the province of Gelderland, with its pastoral countryside and old market towns, and above it the elegantly rendered Zuyder Sea. Tramezzino's version became the source map for the region, copied notably by Paolo Forlani, and Gerard de Jode. Karrow no.25/7.2, Tooley:1939 no.232, Woodward:1996 watermark 240.
Geldrae Clivae Iuliae nec non aliarum regionum adiacentium nova descriptio. Venice: Michele Tramezzino, 1558. Engraved map of Gelderland by Jacob Bos, 500 x 394mm, trimmed with original extended margins (Some light discolouration to the centre of map.)
A highly important and rare map of Gelderland, here in its second state. Tramezzino based it on Jacob van Deventer's (c..1500-1575) series of five monumental woodcut maps of Netherlands provinces produced from 1536-1545. Deventer made detailed triangulated surveys of the provinces, and his maps were by far the most accurate of the region ever produced. It is thought that Deventer published his map in Mechelen in 1543, although not a single copy has survived. An anonymous Italian engraved version was printed in 1556, and survives in only one copy. Tramezzino's rendering is therefore the earliest obtainable record of Deventer's work. The image embraces the courses of the Rhine and the Maas Rivers, from Maastricht and Cologne down through to their dramatic confluence. To the north of the rivers is situated the province of Gelderland, with its pastoral countryside and old market towns, and above it the elegantly rendered Zuyder Sea. Tramezzino's version became the source map for the region, copied notably by Paolo Forlani, and Gerard de Jode. Karrow no.25/7.2, Tooley:1939 no.232, Woodward:1996 watermark 240.
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