PETRUS SCHENK & GERARD VALK AFTER JANSSON Four... Lot 38

PETRUS SCHENK & GERARD VALK AFTER JANSSON Four Provinces of Ireland Handcoloured engravings, each 380 x 480mm 1705, third state from the Atlas Maior, R & j Ottens, ABL DS 8 (iii) In 1676 twelve years after Jansson's death many of the copper plates from his Atlas Novus were bought at auction by Abraham Wolfgang who later sold them to Schenk and Valk. The four provinces by Jansson were reworked and included in atlases in the early 18th century.