Antique Map-THE NETHERLANDS-BELGIUM-17 PROVINCES-Orlers-1615

Map of the 17 provinces of The Netherlands. With 2 cartouches, compass rose, scale and a sailing ship on the North Sea.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Orlers.

Medium: engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) with watermark paper.

Sheet size: 38 x 31 cm (14.96 x 12.2 inch). Image size: 33 x 24 cm. (12.99 x 9.45 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Middle fold, as issued. Edges slightly browned. Very good copy. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

THE NETHERLANDS-BELGIUM-17 PROVINCES | DP-A3-001-01

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This antique map originates from ‘La genealogie des illustres comtes de Nassau’, published in Leiden, The Netherlands 1615.

Biography artist: Jan Janszoon Orlers (1570 – 1646), Dutch historian.