Print Description
Medium: Engraving/etching with original old hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 24 x 20 cm (9.45 x 7.87 inch). Image size: 22 x 18 cm. (8.66 x 7.09 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Original folds as issued. Irregular edges. Edges parly browned. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
NIJMEGEN-GELDERLAND-BETUWE-NETHERLANDS | PCO-E10-24
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This original old antique map was published in Amsterdam c. 1750.
Biography artist: Publisher: Hendrik de Leth (Amsterdam, 1703-1766). De Leth was a printmaker and draughtsman of landscapes, active in Amsterdam. He was one of the artists who collaborated on Zegepralent Kennemerland, but also published numerous quite beautiful maps. Engraver, publisher and painter, active in Amsterdam, worked for the Visscher family and eventually took over the business. De Leth is better known as an artist and engraver than as a cartographer although his historical atlas of the Netherlands was a very popular work.
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