Hand-boeck, of Cort begrijp der caerten ende beschryvinghen van alle landen des werelds
A 1609 Dutch pocket atlas, the Hand-boeck, compiled by Barent Langenes, Jacobus Viverius, Jodocus Hondius and Pieter van den Keere and printed in Amsterdam by Cornelis Claesz for general readers and travellers. Its pictures are small engraved regional maps with dense place names, decorative cartouches, sea monsters, ships and compass roses, offering a designer period map typography and ornamental border ideas.
