"Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris", Hogenberg, Frans
Subject: Low Countries
Period: 1599 (published)
Publication: Historia Belgica Nostri Potissimum Temporis Belgii sub Quatuor
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.7 x 9.4 inches
29.7 x 23.9 cm
This is Frans Hogenberg's uncommon map of the Low Countries, engraved circa 1587 and published in Emmanuel van Meteren's Historia Belgica. The map focuses on towns, political boundaries, and river systems and extends across the North Sea (Germanicus Oceanus) to show eastern England. Adorned with a decorative cartouche and a number of ships, some of which are engaged in battle.
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Condition: A
A crisp impression on a bright sheet with a single crescent moon watermark. The right and left margins have been professionally extended, and a tiny chip in the border at left has been repaired with a minor amount of the neatline in facsimile.
