Rostock Great Atlas

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The Rostock Great Atlas is a collection of maps from the 17th century and is considered the third largest book in the world after the Klencke Atlas in London and the Atlas of the Great Elector in Berlin (as of November 2013).

The atlas is 1.67 meters high and 2.04 meters wide when opened. The book covers are made of oak and are covered with leather. He weighs 120 kilograms. The atlas contains 32 mostly double-sided maps with representations of continents, countries and regions.

On behalf of Duke Christian Ludwig I of Mecklenburg , the atlas was produced in 1664 by Joan Blaeu in Amsterdam . The collection of 31 card prints and one hand-drawn card was compiled and bound by Kors Dierksen and his son. The hand drawing is a map of Mecklenburg , which was made in 1622 by Professor Johann Lauremberg from Rostock . The copperplate engravings on the printed maps are by Willem and Joan Blaeu, Claes J. Vischer, D. Dankerts, JA Colom and H. Allardt.

In 1772 the atlas belonged to the holdings of the newly opened academic library of the University of Bützow . Through the union of the Bützower with the Rostock University in 1789, it ended up in the Rostock University Library .

literature

  • Bernhard Fabian , Karen Kloth, Felicitas Krause, André Schüller: Handbook of the historical book inventory in Germany. Vol. 16, Georg Olms Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-487-09590-4 , p. 164.
  • Karl-Heinz Jügelt: The Rostock Great Atlas. In: the same: Opera bibliothecarii: selected contributions to the history of the University and University Library of Rostock. University Library, Rostock 2014, ISBN 978-3-86009-438-9 , pp. 64-77.

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