Name: Antique Map-HOLLANDIAE-NOORD-HOLLAND-WEST-FRIESLAND-Blaeu-1640
SKU: PICTURA-06521
Availability: InStock

Antique Map-HOLLANDIAE-NOORD-HOLLAND-WEST-FRIESLAND-Blaeu-1640

€395.00

‘HOLLANDIAE PARS SEPTENTRIONALIS, VULGO WESTVRIESLAND EN T’NOORDER QUARTIER’

– Hand-colored antique map of North Holland and West Friesland, including Amsterdam in the south and towns such as Medemblik and Enkhuizen in the north. Some age-related toning and a visible fold as published. Verso contains Dutch text.

In stock

SKU: PICTURA-06521 Category: Netherlands Tag: Maps

Description

Medium: Engraving with original hand coloring on hand-laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 55 x 47 cm (21.65 x 18.5 inch). Image size: 49.2 x 38.4 cm. (19.37 x 15.12 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Middle fold as published. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Overall browning. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

NOORD HOLLAND, WEST FRIESLAND, ANTIQUE MAP, BLAEU MAP, AMSTERDAM, MEDEMBLIK, ENKHUIZEN, ALKMAAR, HOORN, DUTCH POLDER MAP, HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY, 17TH-CENTURY MAPS | MAPS-NETHERLANDS -OVERSIZE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Willem Jansz and Joan Blaeu, c. 1640.

Biography engraver: Willem Jansz Blaeu (1571-1638) was a leading Dutch cartographer and publisher. His son, Joan Blaeu (1596-1673), continued the family’s work and expanded their atlas series, including the famous Atlas Maior.