Name: Antique Map-MAP-SOUTH-HOLLAND-BIESBOSCH-De Wit-1688-1710
SKU: PICTURA-06620
Availability: InStock

Antique Map-MAP-SOUTH-HOLLAND-BIESBOSCH-De Wit-1688-1710

€295.00

‘NOVA ATQUE EMENDATA DESCRIPTIO SUYT HOLLANDIAE’

– A detailed map of the South Holland region around the Biesbosch. It includes rivers, settlements, and geographical features, with hand-colored boundaries. The map’s decorative cartouche in the lower left corner features figures, including a woman in red, and a woven basket, and a scale bar labeled “Scala miliaris Germanici.”

In stock

SKU: PICTURA-06620 Category: Netherlands Tag: Maps

Description

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

Sheet size: 49.1 x 58.3 cm (19.33 x 22.95 inch). Image size: 44.5 x 54.1 cm. (17.52 x 21.3 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Vertical center folding as issued, light foxing, creasing and soiling. Soem paper separation at top and bottom middle fold, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SOUTH HOLLAND, BIESBOSCH, ANTIQUE MAP, FREDERIK DE WIT, DUTCH CARTOGRAPHY, 17TH-CENTURY MAP, NETHERLANDS, HAND-COLORED ENGRAVING | MAPS-NETHERLANDS-OVERSIZE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in various editions of Atlases by Frederik de Wit between 1688 and 1710.

Reference: Koeman, WIT25.

Biography engraver: Frederik de Wit (c.1629-1706) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver, known for his beautifully decorated maps and atlases. His publishing house became one of the most influential in the late 17th century.