Antique Map-GORINCHEM-PLAN-FORTIFICATION-GORCKUM-NETHERLANDS-Merian-1660

Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 36.8 x 24 cm (14.49 x 9.45 inch). Image size: 25.4 x 17.6 cm. (10 x 6.93 inch).

Condition: excellent, given age. Original middle fold as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GORINCHEM-PLAN-FORTIFICATION-GORCKUM-NETHERLANDS | PCOA55-11

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print originates from ‘Topographia Germaniae Inferioris (..)’ by C. Merian, published c. 1660.

Biography engraver: Caspar Merian (1627-1686) was one of the most important German topographical engravers and publishers in the Baroque period.