Nicolaes Visscher I

Visscher's map Novi Belgii Novæque Angliæ , here as a reprint from 1685, is the best-known contemporary illustration of the Nieuw Nederlands

Nicolaes Visscher I (* 1618 ; † 1679 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch engraver , cartographer and publisher . He belonged to the Dutch art dealer, engraver and publisher dynasty founded by his father Claes Janszoon Visscher .

After his father's death in 1652, he took over his art publishing house and initially continued to publish the atlases and maps that his father had started. Then he began to publish works under his own name. Together with his son Nicolaes Visscher II (1649–1702), he pricked a large number of printing plates and thus further replenished the publisher's supply. The atlases "Atlas Contractus", "Atlas Minor" and "Germania Inferior" contain around 170 tables. However, two surviving publisher's catalogs from 1677 and 1682 show far more art prints than cartographic material.

After Visscher's death in 1679, the publishing house was initially continued by his son and then by his widow Elisabeth Verseyl († 1726). After their death, Andries de Leth, an employee of Nicolaes Visscher II, took over the publishing house, the name "In de Visscher" remained. Some of the Visschers' copper plates later came to Petrus Schenk II (1693–1775), who used them for numerous reprints.

Works

• Africae Accurata Tabula: Nobilißimo Spectatißimo Prudentißimoque Viro D. Gerardo Schaep, IVD Toparchae in Cortenhoeff, Consuli ac Senatori Amstelaedamensis: et ad Serenissimos Sueciae Daniaeque Reges quondam Legato dignißimo. Cum Privilegio Ordin. General. Belgii Foederati . Amsterdam, 1680 ( digitized edition )
• Asiae nova Delineatio: Spectatmo. Consultmoque. Viro D. Henrico Spiegel, Urbis Amstelaedamensis Consuli et Senatori, nec non in Consessu Indicae Orientalis Assessori gravissimo. Cum Privilegio Ordin. General. Belgii Foederati . Amsterdam, 1657 ( digitized edition )
• Atlas minor sive geographia compendiosa, qua orbis terrarum per paucas attamen novissimas tabulas ostenditur: cum condrusii et aliis regionibus adjacentibus, cum privil: Ordin: General: Belgii Foederati . Amsterdam, 1698 ( digitized edition )
• Caerte van T 'Vrye Synde een Gedeelte van Vlaendren: van nieus gecorigeert en met vlyt prayed . Amsterdam, 1633 ( digitized edition )
• Comitatus Hollandia Tabula Pluribus Locis Recens Emendata . Amsterdam, 1652 ( digitized edition )
• Ducatus Geldriae nec non Comitatus Zutphaniae: cum adjacentibus Regionibus denuo recogniti, et editi . Amsterdam, 1630 ( digitized edition )
• Europa delineata et recens edita . Amsterdam, 1698 ( digitized edition )
• Exactißima Helvetiae, Rhaetiae, Valesiae Caeterorumque Confoederatorum ut et finitimorum Populorum Regionum Tabula . Amsterdam, 1698 ( digitized edition )
• Hispaniae Et Portugalliae Regna . Amsterdam, 1698 ( digitized edition )
• Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio . Amsterdam, 1698 ( digitized edition )
• Indiae Orientalis nec non Insularum Adiacentium Nova Descriptio . Amsterdam, 1698 ( digitized edition )
• Lovaniensis tetrarchia una cum Arscotano ducatu in eiusdem ditiones subiacentes accuratissime divisa . Amsterdam, 1677 ( digitized edition )
• Magnæ Britanniæ tabula, Angliam, Scotiam, et Hiberniam continens . Amsterdam, 1698 ( digitized edition )
• Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio: Amplißimo Spectat [issi] mo Prudent.moq [ue] Domino, D. Cornelio Witsen IVD, Consuli et Senatori Vrbis Amstelaedam.sis in Potent.mo Ordinum Generalium Consessu Deputato, ac Consilii Societatis Indicae Occidentalis Assessor , Tabulam hanc DDN VisscherCum Privilegio Ordin. General. Belgii Foederati . Amsterdam, 1688 ( digitized edition )
• Orbis Terrarum Nova Accuratissima Tabula . Amsterdam, 1698 ( digitized edition )
• Regni Daniae Novissima et Accuratissima Tabula: [Dedication] Potentißimo Invictißimoque D. Christiano v. Daniae, Norvegiae, Gotthor., Vandalorum Regi etc. Hanc Daniae Tabulam DDD; cum privil. Ordin. General. Belgii Foederati . Amsterdam, 1698 ( digitized edition )
• Tabula Russiae: [dedicated] Tzari et Magno Duci Michaeli Foedrowits . Amsterdam, 1651 ( digitized edition )
• Totius Italiae Tabula: [dedicated] Cosmo III. Magno Etruriae Duci . Amsterdam, 1698 ( digitized edition )
• Totius Regni Hungariae et adiacentium Regionum Tabula: o. 1683 ob res bellicas inter Christianos et Turcas de novo correcta ac innumeris locis aucta . Amsterdam, 1698 ( digitized edition )
• Comitatus Zelandiae Novissima Delineatio: [dedicated] Adriano Veth . Vischer, Amsterdam approx. 1700 ( digitized edition )

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts: approx. 1450-1700 , Volume 38: Claes Jansz Visscher to Claes Claesz Visscher II (Nicolaes Visscher II), Amsterdam [u. a.] 1991, ISBN 90-72658-16-7 , pp. 253-266 (catalog raisonné ).

Web links

Commons : Nicolaes Visscher I  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Nicolaes Visscher I in the catalog of the German National Library
• Publications by and about Nicolaes Visscher I in VD 17 .