Name: Scotland - Quad
SKU: 3664
Availability: InStock

Description

Quad, Matthias (1557-1613): Scotiae Tabula.

Cologne c1600

copper engraved map; overall 27,5 x 37 cm; plate 19 x 27 cm. fold as issued; edges frayed; paper evenly toned; some off-set; c’folds with small splits not affecting image; some marginal tears not affecting image; o/w vg cond.

A very detailed and early map of Scotland, orientated to the East, by Quad, based on the map by Ortelius; engraved by Johann Bussemacher. The map states early names of places, rivers, mountains etc. With a small cartouche, Latin text on verso. Maps by Quad a rather rare and seldom appear on the market.

Quad was born in Deventer, in the Netherlands; he was a geographer, humanist and engraver who studied in Heidelberg before he settled in Cologne but left to settle in Heidelberg in 1603. He engraved city plans for Braun & Hogenberg’s Civitates.

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