"Amsterdam", Guicciardini, Lodovico
Subject: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Period: 1568 (circa)
Publication: Description de Tout le Pais-Bas
Color: Hand Color
Size:
13.6 x 9.8 inches
34.5 x 24.9 cm
This double-page bird's-eye plan of Amsterdam is a smaller version of Braun & Hogenberg's plan of the city. The plan is remarkably detailed with hundreds of individual buildings and houses depicted. Dozens of tall ships ply the harbor and the Amstel River, which bisects the city. The armorial shields of Flanders and Amsterdam decorate the plan. A numbered key identifies over 20 locations in the plan. French text on verso.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) G.GUIC-1b #11.
Condition: B+
A contemporary colored example with a printer's crease along the centerfold, light soiling, a chip at bottom right, and a couple of small holes in the blank margins.
