Frederik de Wit

The Dutch publishing house de Wit based in Amsterdam was successively led by three of the same people:

  • Frederik De Wit ( * 1610, † 1698 ), the founder
  • Frederik De Wit ( * 1630, † 1706), son of the company founder
  • Frederik de Wit, the grandson of the company founder

Son and grandson of the founder of the company led away, which passed in the third generation of Covens & Mortier.

Frederik De Wit ( * 1610 † 1698, Frederic, Frederick or Fredericus ) was a Dutch publisher, engraver and cartographer. He founded his company in 1648, at the height of the Golden Age in Amsterdam and was editor of world atlases from around 1670th His first published map was that of Denmark 1659th It was followed by a world map of 1660. Further dating of his atlases is difficult. They appeared in 1670 and included 17-190 cards. The nautical atlases included 27 charts and appeared from 1675th

In 1666 he acquired from Hubertus Quellinus ( 1619-87 ) from Antwerp various copper engraving plates, among other things, a picture of the new town hall of Amsterdam. Also by the brothers Ottens he earned numerous cards and sold themselves which to them. Its his time acclaimed Atlas of the Netherlands Nieuw kaertboeck van de Nederlandse XVII Provinces appeared in various editions and contained 20 to 25 cards. The " Stedeboeken " ( city of books, panoramas, detail views and city plans included ) published until 1695, in the days when his son took over the operation. But the idea is likely to come from the father and company founder.

At flowering, the family arrived during the line by the son of the company founder, Frederik de Wit ( * 1630, † 1706 in Amsterdam). He became one of the most important publishers of maps and atlases of his time. By his marriage with the Amsterdam citizen Maria van der Waag 1661 he acquired the civil rights of the city. Three years later he was admitted to St. Lucas Guild. Although he was exposed as a Catholic, certain prejudices and in the frühcalvinistischen Netherlands of the 17th century was not always an easy time, you found his name from 1694 to 1704 on the cities list of " good men " ( a kind of lay judges or jurors - a position of trust the city government ) listed.

After the decline of the hitherto dominate the market pressure Houses by Joan Blaeu and Jan Jansson de Wit acquired at auction a large number of valuable copper printing plates, with which he produced, among others, both from 1698, published editions of the Stedeboeken the Netherlands, 124 maps and views of the first output and 128 the second. The city of books in Europe with 132 Maps and views were mainly copper plates by Jansson, the de Wit had acquired by the company Jansson - Waesberg. Among them were the old plates from Braun Hogenberg Civitates Orbis Terrarum s, which de Wit was given the opportunity to reprint these.

Soon, de Wit was able to provide nearly any type Cartography: From nautical maps of atlases to Maps and city panoramas. His work was characterized by a particularly fine stitch and an elegant color scheme that make his works to this day interesting, which were reproduced in large numbers and represent a high value in their originals. Until his death he lived at Amsterdam's Kalverstraat in his "De Witte Pascaert " (the white chart ) called home.

His son and heir of the same name, in turn, led the company after the death of his father from 1706, but sold in 1708 - probably for financial reasons - a large part of the copper printing plates. In 1721 the company went on to Covens & Mortier. Thus, the production of the cards over decades, this area of ​​work dominating Netherlands to France shifted.

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Works

  • Totius regnorum Hispania et Portugallia descriptio / Auct: F. de Wit. -. Amsterdam, 1680 Digitized edition of the University and State Library Dusseldorf
  • Anglia Regnum In Omnes Suos Ducatus, Comitatus, Et Provincias Divisum. Amsterdam, 1680. ( Digitized )
  • Nova atque emendata descriptio Suydt Hollandiae. Amsterdam, 1680. ( Digitized )
  • Dania Regnum: In quo sunt Ducatus Holsatiae et Slesvicum, Insulae Danicae et Provinciae Iutia, Scania, Blekingia et Hallandia. Amsterdam, 1688 ( Digitized edition )
  • Nova Totius Angliae, Scotiæ, et Hiberniæ tab. Amsterdam, 1659-1688 ( Archival Edition)
  • Rhinolandiae, et Amstelandiae, circumiacent. aliquot territoriorum Accurata desc. Amsterdam, 1688. ( Digitized )
  • Regni Poloniae et Ducatus Lithvaniae, Voliniae, Podoliae, Vcraniae, Prvssiae, Livoniae et Cvrlandiae descriptio. Amsterdam, 1698 ( Digitized edition )
  • Regnum Neapolis: in quo sunt Aprutium Ulterius et Citerius, Comitatus Molisius, Terra Laboris Capitaniata Principatus Ulterior et Citerior, Terra Bariensis et Hidruntina Basilicata, Calabria Citerior et Ulterior. Amsterdam between 1689-1704 ( Digitized edition )
  • Tabula Tartariae et maioris partis Regni Chinae. Amsterdam, 1698 ( Digitized edition )
  • Terra Sancta Immersive Promissionis, olim Palestina. Amsterdam, 1700 ( Digitized edition )
  • Status Ecclesiasticus et Magnus Ducatus Thoscanae. Amsterdam, 1700 ( Digitized edition )
  • Turcicum empire. Lhuilier, Amsterdam about 1698 ( Digitized edition )
  • Magni Ducatus Lithuaniæ tabula: divisa tam palatinatus, quam in subjacentes castellanias: cum privilegio potentiss. d d ordinum holl westfrisiæq [ ue ]. Amsterdam, 1700 ( digitized )
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