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, Antique Map-LIMBURGI-VALCKENBURGI-LIMBURG-VALKENBURG-Visscher-1690, Pictura Antique Prints

Antique Map-LIMBURGI-VALCKENBURGI-LIMBURG-VALKENBURG-Visscher-1690

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‘LIMBURGI DUCATUS COMITATUS VALCKENBURGI NOVA DESCRIPTIO PER N. VISSCHER’

– Antique map of the Duchy of Limburg and County of Valkenburg, published in Amsterdam by Nicolaes Visscher (1649-1702). This highly detailed map shows fortifications, cities, towns, roads, waterways, and canals, with relief depicted pictorially. The map was based on a wall map of Brabant by Claes Jansz. Visscher (1656).

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Description

Medium: Copper engraving, original hand-colored on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 62 x 52 cm (24.41 x 20.47 inch). Image size: 47 x 57 cm. (18.5 x 22.44 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Middle fold as issued. Ghosting from previous matting. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Paper edges backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

LIMBURG, VALKENBURG, BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, ANTIQUE MAP, NICOLAES VISSCHER, CLAES JANSZ. VISSCHER, 17TH-CENTURY CARTOGRAPHY, HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY, MAASTRICHT, ATLAS MINOR | MAPS-EXPO-LARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

“Atlas Minor,” published in Amsterdam by Nicolaes Visscher.

Reference: Koeman Vis 19, P. 169-170.

Biography engraver: Nicolaes Visscher (1649-1702) was a Dutch cartographer, engraver, and publisher, son of Nicolaes Visscher I (1618-1679) and grandson of Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587-1652). The Visscher family was known for their highly detailed and beautifully engraved maps, which became important references for European cartography.

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Dimensions 52 × 62 × 1 cm

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