Antique Map-WESEL-SIEGE-WAR-GERMANY-Commelin-1651

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

Sheet size: 37.5 x 31 cm (14.76 x 12.2 inch). Image size: 35 x 27.5 cm. (13.78 x 10.83 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Original fold as issued. A few tears at top, backed. Edges reinforced with paper. Printer’s crese left of middle fold. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

WESEL-SIEGE-WAR-GERMANY | E24-03

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From; “Fredrick Hendrick van Nassauw Prince van Orangien zyn leven en Bedryf”, published in The Netherlands, 1651.

Biography artist: Isaac Commelin (19 October 1598, in Amsterdam ? 13 January 1676, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch historian, a member of the vroedschap and a manager of a charity hospital, providing help to the sick and poor.