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"Comitatus Hollandiae Nova Descriptio, ex Optimis & Novissimis Delineationibus Designata", Jansson, Jan
Subject: Western Netherlands
Period: 1652 (circa)
Publication: Nouvel Atlas
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.8 x 15.4 inches
52.8 x 39.1 cm
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This scarce map depicts Utrecht and parts of Friesland and Brabant with their coasts. The details include canals, roads, polders, marshes, and villages with major cities marked in red. Compass roses orient north to the right, and a variety of sailing vessels fill the seas. Athena graces the strapwork title cartouche, which is balanced by the coat of arms of Holland. Engraved by Gerard Coeck. French text on verso, published between 1652-58.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #3400:1C.1.
Condition: B+
A dark impression on a lightly toned sheet with scattered foxing and short centerfold separations at top and bottom.
Estimate: $240 - $300
Price: $180
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