Antique Map-LEEUWARDEN-FRIESLAND-THE NETHERLANDS-Guicciardini-1633

Description

Map of the city Leeuwarden in Friesland, the Netherlands.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Lodovico Guicciardini.

Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 14 x 13.2 cm (5.51 x 5.2 inch). Image size: 13.2 x 10.9 cm. (5.2 x 4.29 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, soilng and creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

LEEUWARDEN-FRIESLAND-THE NETHERLANDS | PCO-E14-13

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: Ludovico Guicciardini’s ‘Belgicae, sive Inferioris Germaniae Descriptio’, published in Amsterdam by Blaeu in 1633.

Biography artist: Lodovico Guicciardini (1521-1589): an Italian merchant from aristocratic descent.