Jansson’s striking map of London

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Londinum Vulgo London.

[JANSSONIUS, Johannes]
[Amsterdam,
1657].
Double-page engraved map, blank on verso.
330 by 480mm (13 by 19 inches).
1504

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By the time Jansson published this plan in 1657, the London that it depicted was almost one hundred years out of date. The plan first appeared in various editions of Braun and Hogenberg's 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' from 1572 until 1638. Soon after the final publication, Jansson acquired the plates and old paper stock. Although little revision was made to the plan itself, Jansson did remove the figures in the foreground, replacing them with a new title. The plan would be pub...

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Howgego 2 (3).

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