Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664

Title:

Illustriorum regni Galliae civitatum tabulae, ut & Helvetiae confoederatae civitates celebriores.

Alternate Title(s):

Added engraved title page: Theatrum exhibens celebriores Galliae et Helvetiae urbes

Published / Created:

Amstelodami : Ex officina Joannis Janssonii, [1657]

Physical Description:

1 atlas (200 pages in various pagings, [1] leaf of plates) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 51 cm (folio)

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2023 46
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Maps & Atlas (printed)

Scale:

Scales differ.

Notes:

Relief shown pictorially.

A number of the plates are based on those in Civitates orbis terrarum by Braun and Hogenberg. See: Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici.

Publication date from Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici.

Engraved maps or illustrations are printed on the same leaves as letterpress text, with the exception of the added engraved title page. The remaining maps are printed across facing pages, with text printed on the opposite side of the sheet; or on the same pages as text.

Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, v. IV, p. 277-279 (42:13)

Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Ja 14

Includes index, [2] pages at end.

BAC Folio A 2023 46: Uncolored. Bound in contemporary calf. With the manuscript shelfmark of an unidentified previous owner. Bound with: Jansson, Jan. Illustriorum Hispaniae urbium tabulae, [1657].

Contents:

Map titles, from accompanying letterpress text: [1] Calesium -- [2] Rhotomagus -- [3] Rotomagus. Nemausus. Burdegala -- [4] Lutetia Parisiorum -- [5] Lutetia vulgò Paris -- [6] Fanum S. Germani, vulgo S. Germain en Laye -- [7] Laodunum vulgo Laon -- [8] Civitas Rhemorum vernaculè Rheims -- [9] Carnutum vulgò Chartres -- [10] Aurelia vulgò Orleans -- [11] Aurelia -- [12] Aurelia. Biturigum -- [13] Bloesia vulgò Bloys -- [14] Caesarodunum Turonum, vulgò Tours -- [15] Andegauum vernaculè Angers -- [16] Pictavia vernaculè Poictiers -- [17] Rochella -- [18] Augustodunum. Noviodunum -- [19] Matiscona. Cabillonum, vulgò Challon Sur Saone -- [20] Lugdunum -- [21] Lugdunum vernaculè Lyon -- [22] Lugdunum. Vienna -- [23] Cadillacum, vernaculè Cadillac -- [24] Mediolanum Santonum, vulgo Saintes -- [25] Tholosa -- [26] Mons Pessulanus -- [27] Gratianopolis. vulgo Grenoble -- [28] Massilia vulgo Marseille -- [29] Barroducum vulgò Bar Le Duc -- [30] Nanceium vulgò Nanci -- [31] Blanmondum -- [32] Avenio, vernaculè Avignon -- [33] Metis vulgò Metz -- [34] Vesontio vulgò Besanson -- [35] Tigurum, vulgò Zurich -- [36] Berna -- [37] Lucerna -- [38] Einsideln, Pagus & Monasterium -- [39] Tredecim confaederatrum Helvetiae civitatum descriptio .. -- [40] Basilea -- [41] Friburgum.

Subject Terms:

Form/Genre:

Atlases. | Views.

Contributors:

Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541–1622. | Hogenberg, Abraham, active 1608–1653.