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Lot 450
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"Hollanda", Porcacchi, Tomaso

Subject: Low Countries

Period: 1605 (published)

Publication: L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo

Color: Black & White

Size:
5.6 x 4.1 inches
14.2 x 10.4 cm
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This fine copper-engraved map is in the Italian style with fully stippled seas. Ir depicts the Netherlands with the islands of Zeeland, and part of Flanders to the south. Cities are illustrated with miniature castles and include Rotterdam, Breda, Antwerp, Ghent, and Brussels. Tge map is adorned with a strapwork title cartouche and a compass rose. Engraved by Girolamo Porro and printed on a sheet of Italian text measuring 7.5 x 11.1".

See also lot 734 for Geoffrey King's Miniature Antique Maps that describes this map.

References: King (3rd ed.) #1572; Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #190-7.

Condition: A

A nice impression with minor foxing and soiling along the sheet's edges.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Price: $75

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