Jan Jansson
Dutch Decorative Wind Rose
1690
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A decorative 17th century wind rose by Jan Jansson.
- Jan Jansson (Dutch).
- Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Nautica Ventorum nomina sex linguis repraesentans.
- Amsterdam: circa 1690.
- Originally issued in 1650 as the first plate in Jansson's atlas of sea charts (Vol. V of the Atlas Major), this example comes from the Jansson/Hornius Atlas of the Ancient World.
- Original hand color.
- This work is presented unframed.
A beautifully engraved table of the winds, with heads suspended in clouds blowing onto a central compass rose, with concentric rings listing the names of the winds in Greek, Latin, Italian, German, French and Dutch.
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Very GoodMinor signs of age and handling.
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