1689 DE RAM, Joannem
Working
from premises in Amsterdam, Joannem De Ram (1648-1693) became something of an
all-rounder. A pupil of Romein de Hooghe, De Ram acquired the globe-producing
factory of Johannes van Ceulen (1635-89), who had himself acquired, under
license, the Blaeu family globes, gores, and copperplates. When he died in 1689
much of the debt remained unpaid, and the Blaeu’s sued for the balance to be
paid out of proceeds of de Ram’s sales. By this time de Ram was in business as an
engraver, publisher, printer, globe-maker, instrument maker and art dealer. In
1667 onwards he worked with Bleyswycks Beschryving in Delft and also published
mezzotints derived from those published in London by Richard Tompson.
His
marriage to Maria van Zutphen took place in 1682 and when he died, in 1693, his
widow married Jacob de la Feuille (1668 – 1719), who made use of the Blaeu
stock and de Ram’s other cartographic plates, often removing de Ram’s name from
the imprint and adding his own. De Ram published only one atlas of his own. He
also published a map of the British Isles with a much revised plate from
Allard.
The British Museum has a number of prints published including this one of a grotesque ornament with at centre an s-shaped, farting monster featuring a human head and breasts, bird wings and chicken legs; from the 1684 edition of a set first published in 1644.
Large
map showing England and Wales and narrow strip of the eastern Irish coast. The
bulk of Ireland is taken up with large panel – An Alphabetical Table of cities
and market towns, originally in Latin and later in English, with their
coordinates and distances from London. The main features in the North Sea are
The Wels and the Doggers Bank. Shirley[1]
mentions a smaller dedicatory cartouche here which was removed before Reinier
and Joshua Ottens reissued the map c. 1725.
Roads
are shown with double lines with two roads entering Devon from Wellington and
Chard. The first continues to Exeter with branch to Tiverton, the second passes
Honiton and Exeter. Three roads leave Exeter to the west: one heads northwest
to Stratton with branches to Ilforcombe Hartland and South Molton. A second
proceeds to Launceston. A third through Ashburton (branch to Kingsbridge) proceeds
to Plymouth and is then the only road to enter Cornwall to Truro and ends in
Market Jew.
Regni Angliæ nova tabula : exhibens principatum Walliæ &, aliarum provinciarum, civitatum, oppidorum, una cum itineribus ab uno in aliam civitatem. The title in ornate cartouche bottom left with a Roman warrior with his foot on a lion, representing William III´s accession to the English throne, who is assisting a kneeling and crowned Queen Mary to rise. Cherubs and royal arms above. Above the bottom border is the imprint: E novissimis atque oculatis obseivationibus correcta Amstelodami Apud Joannem de Ram Cum Privilegio Ordinum Holl: et West-frisiae. Size: 495 mm x 575 mm. (P).
Regni Angliæ nova tabula as above with table of cities etc now in English. (BL).
Regni Angliæ nova tabula as above with table of cities etc now in English and Ottens imprint. Above the bottom border is the imprint: E novissimis atque oculatis obseivationibus correcta Amstelodami Apud R & I Ottens. (1730). (Leiden).
Regni Angliæ nova tabula as above with table of cities etc now in English and Ottens imprint. Second cartouche erased.[2] (1730-1750). (Bern illustrated above).
Illustration courtesy of Geraint Morgan
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