At first in 1795 the whole Dam was rebaptized into Revolution Square, then it got the name Napoleon Square, till in 1813 after Napoleon's fall Covens & Mortier were back again at the Vijgendam. Circuli Austriaci Pars Occidentalior 1 : 550000 Mollova mapová sbírka Wit, Frederik de Covens, Johannes I.
They didn't move out of their building, but they did change addresses. It was located on the Vijgendam (Fig Dam), the southern part of what is now Dam Square, the central hub of the city. Circuli Austriaci Orientalior Pars in qua Austria Properia et abea Dependentes, Tum Ducatus, Stiriae, Carintiae, Carniola Tum Comitatus Hisce Inclusi, Cillensis et Goritiae Singuli Subdivisi. This firm was the biggest Dutch one for publishing maps in the 18th century. The late eighteenth century saw a number of successful reissues by publisher Cornelis Covens (1764-1825), who ran the famous cartographical publishing house of Covens & Mortier (1721-1866) in Amsterdam. Leonard Valk died in relative poverty: his wife had to take in the washing of their aunt to make ends meet. Leonard naturally took over the business on his father's death in 1726, and following his own death in 1746 the firm was run by Maria Valk, cousin, and wife to Gerard. The cartography, as stated on the cartouche, is based closely on the celestial atlas Uranographia, published in 1687 by the celebrated Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687).Īround 1711, when he became a member of the bookseller's guild, Leonard Valk (1675-1746) came into partnership and his name started to appear alongside that of his father on the cartouches of the globes, although the earliest of these, both terrestrial and celestial, still bear the date 1700. The Valks produced several editions of 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 24-inch diameter terrestrial and celestial globes. In 1701, he applied for a charter for making globes and the "Planetolabium", designed by Lotharius Zumbach de Coesfelt (1661-1727), an astronomy lecturer at Leiden University. Initially, they published maps and atlases, but in 1700 the company moved the shop to the building previously occupied by map and globe-maker Jodocus Hondius. Initially an engraver and art dealer, and having worked for map-sellers Christopher Browne and David Loggan in London between 16, Valk established the firm in Amsterdam in 1687. ¨in de Calverstraet bij den Dam in de Witte Pascaert¨.Gerard Valk, or Gerrit Leendertsz Valck (1652-1726) together with his son Leonard, were the only significant publishers of globes in the Netherlands in the eighteenth century, enjoying an almost total monopoly in the first half of the 1700's. (Vader, Zoon en Kleinzoon:) ¨in de Calverstraet by den Dam in de dry Crabben.¨ 1653. Biographisch Woordenboek van Noord Nederlandsche Graveurs, 1938. Founded his business in 1648, bought some Blaeu plates in 1674). He operated on the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam "by den Dam inde dry Crabben" (1654) "in de Witte Paskaert" (1654-1706).
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Prolific map publisher, engraver and seller whose work encompassed the full ranged of cartographic production, including sea and world atlases, wall maps and "town books" contained plans and wiews of cities. Incolarum decem milia circiter habet urbs ista, quae usque hodie nodus commeatus publici est. Caput istius circuli Austriaci est, cuius oppidum maximum autem Salafeldam esse constat. Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, 1999-2004-T. Cella in Bisontio (Theodisce: Zell am See) oppidum antiquissimum in pago Ambisontium (Theodisce: Pinzgau) in Provincia Salisburgensi est. WWW KB catalogue, 10-06-2008-(Wit, Frederik de )
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