Bretani et Normandia cum confiniis by Cloppenburgh, H.Van Evertsz

Code: 54301

Date: Circa 1630

Copper engraving ; hand coloured.  Overall size in fully conservation grade mount and back with decorative v groove: 41.8cms x 36.1cms.  Image size: 248mm x 182mm.  Very good condition.

An attractive map of Brittany and Normandy in France.   This map is from the "Atlas Minor" by Johannes Cloppenburg’s  larger version of Mercator's Atlas Minor.
Johannes Cloppenburg (sometimes Cloppenburgh; also H. Jan Evertsz and Johannes Everhardus) was a Dutch cartographer. Based in Amsterdam, he was working between 1610 and 1644. He worked closely with the Hondius/Jansson firm and is credited with the 1630 edition of the Atlas Minor.