5491 - 5697 FINE ARTS - FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY. MAPS, PLANS and VIEWS
- Fine copy; ample margins.
= Shows (part of) the canal (nowadays Nordrhein Westphalen) planned by the Spanish regent in Brussels, Isabella Clara Eugenia (hence its name) to deviate to Antwerp - in Spanish territory - trade destined for Rotterdam or Amsterdam and thereby economically block the Dutch Republic. It was intended to run from the Rhine via the Maas to the Schelde but never even reached the Maas. Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, 3790:1.1.
"Gelre". Engr. bird's eye plan, dec. cartouche w. legend, 2 coats of arms, 41x51,4 cm., from BLAEU, Townbooks, ±1650.
- Closed tear in left blank margin. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/1, 1462, 2nd state (of 3).
AND 20 miscell. maps of Germany and Austria, i.a. "Empire d'Allemagne" (engr. map w. handcol. borders, Paris, R. de Vaugondy, ±1800) and "Belägerung wie die Hauptstad Wien in Österreich vom Turcken ist belegert gewest" (engr. bird's eye battle-view w. a panorama of Vienna, Nürnberg, H. Ortelius, early 17th cent.).
- Dam. in outer left and right blank margins; a few tears into the image; trifle foxed.
- Sl. soiled/ yellowed; offsetting on central fold; partly strengthened on verso.
- Sl. dustsoiled/ darkened; a few rubbed spots.
= Van der Krogt, Old Globes in the Netherlands Bau 6. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVIII.
- Antarctica area worn/ dam.; some chipped/ rubbed spots, mostly in Northern hemisphere. Otherwise fine.
= Showing the Suez Canal; Buda and Pest not yet unified.
- Sl. yellowed; a few sm. dents and rubbed spots. Overall in fine condtion.
= Van der Krogt, Old Globes in the Netherlands Dop 1. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVIII.
- Two tiny (pin)holes in centre. Fine copy.
= Koeman IV, Wag. Spieghel der Zeevaerdt [21b]. "Thanks to the unparalleled skill of the engravers, Baptist and Johannes van Deutecom, the original ms. charts by Waghenaer were transformed into the most beautiful maps of the period" (Koeman IV, p.469). Rare and decorative chart. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIX.
- Three sm. brown burn stains and a sm. burn hole. Nevertheless fine.
= Koeman IV, Van Keulen E, 10 [70]. Rare.
- One tiny (pin)hole in centre. Fine copy.
= Koeman IV, Wag. Spieghel der Zeevaerdt [23a]. "Thanks to the unparalleled skill of the engravers, Baptist and Johannes van Deutecom, the original ms. charts by Waghenaer were transformed into the most beautiful maps of the period" (Koeman IV, p.469). Rare and decorative chart. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIX.
- Cut into sections and laid down on linen (obscuring the additional street plan, small views and fashion advertisements on verso).
- Laid down on mount.
- Right margin cut on/ just outside the border line. = With a similar map "Tabula Europae IX" on verso.
- On very thick paper; some unobtrusive foxed spots; fine. = Koeman IV, Goos 1B (30). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
- Trifle foxed.
- Fine. = Van der Krogt/ Koeman IV-2/1, 689. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
- Tiny hole in the image near lower edge; otherwise very fine. = For the larger part showing India.