Jacob van Meurs
Illustration — Jacob van Meurs, Kruis Kerk, 1682, now demolished Jacob van Meurs (1619/1620 - c. 1680) was a Dutch engraver and publisher from Amsterdam. His works are in the National Gallery of Art and the National Portrait Gallery.
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Jacob van Meurs
Jacob van Meurs · De vero telescopii inventore (published by Pierre Borel in 1655) · Public domain
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- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- publisher · printmaker · writer · copper engraver · etcher · cartographer · draftsperson · printer
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Jacob van Meurs, Kruis Kerk, 1682, now demolished Jacob van Meurs (1619/1620 - c. 1680) was a Dutch engraver and publisher from Amsterdam. His works are in the National Gallery of Art and the National Portrait Gallery.
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Jacob van Meurs was active from 1651 to 1680, he specialized in works of geography, travelogues, and history. He published the first version of The New and Unknown World: or Description of America and the Southland which was printed in Dutch and included 125 copper engravings.
The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam, Antwerp and Keizersgracht. Work by Jacob van Meurs is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, City Castle Zaltbommel, National Museum Paleis het Loo and Rijksmuseum.
John Maurice, Prince of Nassau, Jacob van Meurs. Engraving published in: Adrianus Montanus, De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld (1671)
Jacob van Meurs · Adrianus Montanus, De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld (1671) [1]
Identificatie Titel(s): Illustratie voor 'Den Arbeid van Mars' van Allain Manesson Mallet
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1610
Jacob van Meurs born at Arnhem.
1679
Jacob van Meurs died at Amsterdam.
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Arnhem.
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- Catalogus Librorum in officina I. Meursii. [Amsterdam]: Jacob van Meurs, 1666, Book Sales Catalogues Online
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q17351358: Jacob van Meurs
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- “Jacob van Meurs”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Van Eeghen noemt als mogelijke geboortejaren 1617/1618 (https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/eegh004amst04_01/eegh004amst04_01_0149.php "De Amsterdamse boekhandel 1680-1725. Deel 3", 1965]). Gearchiveerd op 19 januari 2019.
- 2.Het Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis (RKD) vermeldt dat hij circa 1619/1620 is geboren, evenals Thieme-Becker en het Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon
- 3.Het Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis (RKD) vermeldt dat hij moet zijn overleden in de periode van 1675 tot 20 mei 1680, maar in ieder geval voor 20 mei 1680, ook Thieme-Becker en het Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon vermelden dat hij voor 20 mei 1680 is overleden. Zijn begrafenis werd op 29 december 1679 in Amsterdam (Nieuwe en Engelse Kerk) ingeschreven.
- 4.Deze schatting is gebaseerd op de STCN database (Short Title Catalogue Netherlands), die wordt samengesteld en uitgegeven door de Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Deze database bevat beschrijvingen van alle boeken die tot 1800 in Nederland zijn uitgegeven en is in te zien via [https://web.archive.org/web/20220318014126/https://www.kb.nl/organisatie/onderzoek-expertise/informatie-infrastructuur-diensten-voor-bibliotheken/short-title-catalogue-netherlands-stcn Gearchiveerd op 18 maart 2022.
- 5.Schmidt,B. (2011).Collecting and commodifying 'Globalism' in Early Modern Europe. In Centres and Cycles of Accumulation in and Around the Netherlands during the Early Modern Period (pp. 129-154). Zürich. LIT Verlag.
- 6.Meersbergen, G. van (2010). De uitgeversstrategie van Jacob van Meurs belicht: de Amsterdamse en ‘Antwerpse’ edities van Johan Nieuhofs ‘Gezantschap’ (1665-1666).De zeventiende eeuw, 26(1), 73-90.
- 7.Wills, J.E. (2009). Author, Publisher, Patron, World: A Case Study of Old Books and Global Consciousness. Journal of Early Modern History, 13(5), 375-433.
- 8.Zie Meersbergen, G. van (2010).
- 9.Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB).
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Catalogus Librorum in officina I. Meursii. [Amsterdam]: Jacob van Meurs, 1666, Book Sales Catalogues OnlineCrossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q17351358: Jacob van MeursWikimedia Foundation
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The authorities additionally record the headings Jac. Van Meurs, Van Meurs, J. van Meurs, Jakob van Meurs and Meurs. His recorded language was Dutch. He married Anna Goelet. Recorded as publisher, printmaker, writer, copper engraver and etcher.
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Work by Jacob van Meurs is
Nationalmuseum, City Castle Zaltbommel, National Museum Paleis het Loo and Rijksmuseum
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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