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VESTLY, JONAS TORSTENSEN.

1857-1904. Född i Ly, död i Christiania (Oslo).
Norsk underofficer. 1879 blev han sergeant och 1889 tjänstgjorde han i Kristiansand tills han 1890 blev fanjunkare vid Generalstaben. Han utgav ett par kartor över Kristiansand med omnejd samt ett över Norges militära indelning (1892). Redaktör för Underofficerskalenderen i Norge 1896-1903.


U.B. - Underofficersbladet, 1904.

Bordone, Benedetto.


Bordone’s atlas of islands, containing a double-page mappamundi and a large aerial view of Venice. It was previously published in 1528 and 1534 by Niccoló Zoppino and then again in 1547 by Frederico Torresano, and the original woodcuts were used for these later editions. Bordone (c. 1450-1524), a documented Paduan miniaturist, spent most of his working life in Venice, designing woodcuts as well as acting as publisher for several works, and his name has been associated with the illustration of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.


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VALCK (VALK), GERARD.

Ca: 1651-1726. Född och död i Amsterdam.
Holländsk kartograf. Han utmärkte sig som kopparstickare hos Abraham Blooteling i Amsterdam och blev en produktiv konstnär inom olika genrer. 1672 reste han till England där han vistades under ett antal år. Efter hemkomsten till Amsterdam etablerade han tillsammans med sin kompanjon Blooteling en konsthandel. Senare allierade han sig med sin elev Pieter Schenk (se denne) och drev en omfattande karthandel, främst med andras arbeten. Bl.a. övertog de Joannes Janssonius' (se denne) atlas. Förutom kartor utgav han även jordglober och samlingar med översikter. Firman övertogs senare av en av hans söner, Leonard Valck (se denne).


Kleerkooper. - Phillips. - Thieme-Becker.


Vägvisare för XI Olympiaden i Berlin - 1936


Sjöcrona - C. H. Tersmeden ca 1900.

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Covens et Mortier

Biografiska uppgifter:1721 - ca 1862.
The Amsterdam publishing firm of Covens and Mortier (1721 - c. 1862) was the successor to the extensive publishing empire built by Frenchman Pierre Mortier (1661 - 1711). Upon Mortier's death in 1711 his firm was taken over by his son, Cornelius Mortier (1699 - 1783). Cornelius married the sister of Johannes Covens (1697 - 1774) in 1821 and, partnering with his brother in law, established the Covens and Mortier firm. Under the Covens and Mortier imprint, Cornelius and Pierre republished the works of the great 17th and early 18th century Dutch and French cartographers De L'Isle, Allard, Jansson, De Wit, and Ottens among others. They quickly became one of the largest and most prolific Dutch publishing concerns of the 18th century. The firm and its successors published thousands of maps over a 120 year period from 1721 to the mid-1800s. During their long lifespan the Covens and Mortier firm published as Covens and Mortier (1721-1778), J. Covens and Son (1778 - 94) and Mortier, Covens and Son (1794 - c. 1862)

Under the heading Pieter Mortier we give some details of the extensive publishing business which he built up in Amsterdam and which, after his death, was subsequently taken over by his son, the above-named Cornelis. In 1721 Cornelis married the sister of Johannes Covens and in the same year he and Johannes entered into partnership as publishers under the name Covens and Mortier which, with its successors, became one of the most important firms in the Dutch map publishing business.
Their prolific Output over the years included reissues of general atlases by Sanson, Jaillot, Delisle, Visscher, de Wit (whose stock they acquired) and others (often with re-engraved maps), atlases of particular countries including Germany, England and Scotland and others in Europe, pocket atlases, town plans and, from about 1730 onwards, a series under the title Nieuwe Atlas, some consisting of as many as 900 maps by various cartographers and publishers. As there is no conformity about these volumes they were presumably made up to special order and only general details of publication can be quoted in a work of this size.

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