Wolfe, Reyner (sold)
Reyner Wolfe (died 1573) was a Dutch-born English Protestant printer, cartographer, and historian. He was born in Druten; virtually nothing is known of his youth and education. A Protestant, he settled in England prior to 1530, where he would set up as a bookseller in London; his work began to appear in 1542, and was noted for its introducton of Greek and Hebrew typefaces. He was one of the original members of the Stationers' Company, of which society he was made Master in 1559, 1564, 1567 and 1572. He planned and began a Universal Cosmography, but he died before it was finished. Much of the work would be included in Holinshed's Chronicles of 1577. Wolfe is known to have produced at least one map in manuscript, a c. 1560 map of the Channel Island, Guernsey: it is not recorded that any of his cartographic works were printed by him, or what others survived. But certainly his Guernsey map would find its way to Gerard Mercator, who would reproduce it in his 1595 Atlas.
Anglesey, Wight and the Channel Islands from Contemporary Sources.
Anglesey/ Wight Vectis olim/ Garnesay/ Jarsey.
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This is the 1595 first edition of Gerard Mercator's map of the Isle of Wight, Anglesey, Guernsey and Jersey. It was the first map to provide detailed focus on these islands to appear in a general atlas. All four maps are sharply detailed, with towns and topography indicated throughout; each individual map is provided its own scale, and each is titled within an elegant cartouche. The seas around Anglesey and Jersey are stippled, while those around Wight and Guernsey are hachured: the composition overall thus gives a pleasing checkerboard effect. (more details)