Johannes Mejer (b. Husum 1606, d. s.p. 1674)
Caspar Danckwerth (b. 1605, d. 1672)
Caspar Danckwerth: Newe Landesbeschreibung der zwei Herzogthümer Schleswig und Holstein. Husum [Denmark] 1652. Folio. With engraved title page (glued to new leaf) and 38 out of 40 double-page engraved maps drawn by Johannes Mejer and engraved by N. and M. Petersen (map 9 and 19 missing). Both text and maps with browning, dampstaining, foxing, and soiling. Several maps and a few text pages strengthened and restored. Bound in a later full morocco binding with gilt title on spine. Restauration and binding by book binder Henning Jensen, 1975. Edges trimmed.
Johannes Mejer's work on Schleswig and Holstein is the earliest printed atlas in Denmark. It covers the area Schleswig Holstein from Hamburg to Kolding in North. The maps are decorative with cartouches, ships, folk-types, etc.
The maps were engraved by the brothers Matthias and Nicolai Petersen in the town of Husum, after drawings by Johannes Mejer (1606–74).
Books and manuscripts, 15 December 2022
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