Adam Friedrich Zurner Hand Numbered Limited Edition Print on Paper :"Planisphaerium Terrestre cum Utroque Coelesti Hemisphaerio, 1730"
Title: Planisphaerium Terrestre cum Utroque Coelesti Hemisphaerio, 1730
Dimensions (W x H ): Paper Size: 30 x 26 in | Image Size: 30 x 26 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 18th century German cartographer Adam Friedrich Zürner was born in 1679 and died in 1742.
He came from an educated family and studied Theology at the University of Leipzig before becoming a pastor in Skassa. Increasingly his love of maps came to dominate his life though and he eventually left his parish and subsequently moved to Dresden, where he found work as a surveyor under the patronage of the Elector Augustus the Strong of Saxony.
Zürner’s cartographic work thus primarily focuses on Saxony and parts of Germany, but his Map of the Americas first appeared in 1709 and, famously, shows California as an island, which mapmakers of the time believed to be the case. The map also includes a carefully elaborate cartouche to disguise the fact that the areas of the North West were simply unknown at the time, and the title and vignette scenes are decorated with illustrations of American life, including noble Native Americans. The block of text on the plinth describes discoveries in America from Columbus onwards.
