Petrus Bertius Hand Numbered Limited Edition Print on Paper :"Japan, 1616"
Title: Japan, 1616
Dimensions (W x H ): Paper Size: 24 x 20 in | Image Size: 20 x 16 in
Edition | Medium: Each print is hand numbered, accompanied by a certificate signed by the Master Printer and is numbered to match the print. The editions are limited to 1880 copies. |
This Gouttelette print on paper is published with light-fast inks to BS1006 Standard onto acid-free calcium carbonate buffered stock, mould-made from 100% cotton and sourced from environmentally conscious paper suppliers. This product is exclusive to Rosenstiels.
About the Art: Superior Edition
About the Artist:
The Dutch cartographer Petrus Bertius was born in 1565 and grew up in Beveren in Flanders.
As a young man he travelled widely in Europe and, to escape from the religious persecution of the still-fledgling Protestant movement, moved to Amsterdam as a refugee. After completing his education in the city, he was appointed a professor of mathematics and a librarian at Leyden University.
He wrote prolifically on history, theology and mathematics, but is principally known as a cartographer for the editions he published of Ptolemy’s Geographia, which were based on Mercator’s edition of 1578 and published between 1618 and 1619. It was in these volumes in which his famous map of Japan was included.
From 1618 Bertius moved to Paris, where he became Official Cosmographer to King Louis XIII. He died in 1629.
