Halma, François (sold)
François Halma (1653 - 1722) was a Dutch publisher active in Utrecht (starting 1674) and later in Amsterdam where he worked as printer and publisher from 1699-1710. He eventually settled at Leeuwarden, where he died. His output was composed of botanical, theological and historical works, but also, he published a small number of geographies and atlases. In 1695, he published an edition of Gerard Mercator's Ptolemy. His re-issue of Schotanus à Sterringa’s Friesche Atlas in 1698 was regarded among his finest work. He also published an edition of Sanson’s Description de l’Univers. He produced an edition of Falda's plan of Rome in or around 1700. He also caused to be engraved a set of large-format maps of the continents and the world (this latter after Cassini) which are quite rare and appear to have been separately issued. We are aware of institutional copies of the continents having been bound into a 1710 Visscher atlas. The execution of these large and rare maps, drawn by Jan Goeree and engraved by Jan Baptiste, was of a very high quality. The plates were later acquired and reprinted, virtually unchanged, by Pieter van der Aa in 1713.
Baroque Masterpiece in the Mapping of Africa.
L'Afrique selon les nouvelles observations de Mssrs de l'Académie des sciences, etc., Africa in praecipuas ipsius partes distributa, ad observationes academiae regiae scientarum et exquisitissimas tabulas quae nunquam antehac lucen vederunt, Excusa A Francisco Halma, cum privilegio ordinum Hollandiae et westfrisiae.
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This is the rare first state of François Halma's c. 1699 separately-issued map of Africa. Its unusually large folio size, bold and sophisticated engraving, and rich original color sets this map apart as one of the most beautiful obtainable late-17th century maps of the continent. (more details)