MAP #: 130J5
CARTOGRAPHER : JANSSON, JOHANNES
DATE: 1630
SHORT TITLE : NOVA VIRGINIAE TABVLA
REMAINING TITLE & ID : (CARTOUCHE, TOP RIGHT CORNER). "NOTARUM EXPLICATIO" (TOP LEFT CORNER). "DESCRIPTION DE LA NOUVELLE VIRGIN. 47."(LETTERPRESS ABOVE PLATE). "PETRUS KAERIUS CALAVIT" (UNDER CARTOUCHE IN SCRIPT). SCALE (BELOW TITLE IN CARTOUCHE). LONGITUDE (NOT SHOWN). LATITUDE (TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS).
THIS PLATE OF NOVA VIRGINIAE TABVLA IS QUITE INFERIOR IN WORKMANSHIP TO THE PLATE BY THE SAME NAME IN THE SECOND SERIES OF ATLAS MINOR (SEE MAP # 128M5). THIS IS A REDUCED SIZE COPY OF THE FOLIO MAP OF THE SAME TITLE, ALTHOUGH THIS PLATE WAS PUBLISHED BEFORE THE FOLIO MAP. THE BLEAU PLATE WAS PROBABLY MADE FIRST, WITH THIS PLATE A COPY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PRINTED FIRST.
DATA IS FROM COOLIE VERNER, MAPS OF VIRGINIA IN MERCATOR'S LESSER ATLASES, IMAGO MUNDI, 1963, PP. 45-61 AND FROM HIS [UNPUBLISHED] NOTES ON THE MAPS OF VIRGINIA.
EDITION & STATE INFO : THERE IS ONLY ONE KNOWN EDITION OF THIS MAP, ALTHOUGH MINOR PLATE CHANGES SUGGEST THAT THERE WERE THREE STATES PUBLISHED FROM 1630-1734.
STATE 1 - (1630) - FRENCH EDITION OF THE ATLAS. ABOVE PLATE IN LETTERPRESS IS THE HEADING DESCRIPTION DE LA NOUVELLE VIRGIN. 47. ON THE BACK ARE TWO POEMS WITH THE FIRST HEADED: AVLECTEVR.
- (1632) - LATIN EDITION. THE LETTERPRESS HEADING IS:NOVAE VIRGINIAE DESCRIPTIO 729. ON THE REVERSE IS A DOUBLE COLUMN LATIN TEXT WITH THE CATCHWORD "COLITUR".
- (1636) - EXACTLY LIKE 1630. ON THE REVERSE ARE TWO POEMS "AU LECTEUR" AND "AD LECTOREUR".
STATE 2 -(1673,6)- IN THIS STATE THE SHOT SILK OR MOIRE EFFECT USED TO DEPICT THE WATER AREA ON STATE 1 IS DELETED. NO MATERIAL IS ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
(1734) - USED IN DU SAUZETS ATLAS PARTATIF. THE REVERSE IS BLANK.
STATE 3 - (1738) - THE PLATE NUMBER 163 HAS BEEN ADDED WITHIN THE BORDER IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER.
DATA IS FROM COOLIE VERNER, MCS # 45, COOLIE VERNER, MAPS OF VIRGINIA IN MERCATOR'S LESSER ATLASES AND HIS [UNPUBLISHED] NOTES ON THE MAPS OF VIRGINIA.
HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A COPY OF THE 1632 LATIN EDITION OF STATE 1. IN PEN AT THE UPPER LEFT, OUTSIDE THE BORDER, IS THE SIGNATURE OF FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE. THE WRITING CORRESPONDS TO THAT OF A LETTER SIGNED BY LEE IN HFC'S POSSESSION. VIRGINIA ABOVE THE PLATE IS SPELLED "VIRGINIEAE", NOT "VIRGINIAE" AS IN VERNER.
BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : VERNER, COOLIE, SMITH'S VIRGINIA AND ITS DERIVATIVES, MCS # 45, MAP COLLECTOR'S CIRCLE, LONDON, 1968, PP. 32-33; VERNER, COOLIE, "MAPS OF VIRGINIA IN MERCATOR'S LESSER ATLASES, IMAGO MUNDI, AMSTERDAM, 1963, PP. 45-61; VERNER, COOLIE, [UNPUBLISHED] NOTES ON THE MAPS OF VIRGINIA; PHILLIPS, P.L., A LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, 1909, # 440, 450; TIELE #749 (NOT SEEN). July 19, 1988
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