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Amsterdam, 1634 Parts of Belgium & The Netherlands - Brabant: BRABANTIA DUCATUS. Amsterdami Apud Guiljelmum Blaeu Original copperplate
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The map shows The Duchy of Brabant. Numerous cities in present-day Belgium and The Netherlands are shown: Brussels, Bergen op Zoom, Delft, Rotterdam, etc. The map has a decorative title cartouche at the bottom left with the coats of arms for Brabant above, and a mileage scale at the bottom right. North is at the right side. Willem Janszoon, or Willem Jansz Blaeu (1571-1638) as he is more commonly known, was one of the most noted Dutch cartographers and map publisher of the 17th century. R.V. Tooley stated that Blaeu’s maps are "esteemed by collectors for their decorative quality, historical importance, and as the highest expression of Dutch cartographic art during the period of its supremacy" (Tooley, p 28). After preparation as a pupil of the great Danish astronomer, Tycho Brahe, Blaeu initially concentrated on globe making and separately published maps, including wall maps of the continents. From 1608, he dominated the market for sea atlases and in 1630 produced his terrestrial atlas. These atlases were continued by his sons, culminating in the great Atlas Maior of 1662 in 11 volumes with subsequent editions. This map of Brabant first appeared in 1631. Van der Kogt, Peter. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici. vol.II, p.526. Fine Condition. A
fine, attractively
colored
impression. Old repair, likely done while the map was
still in the atlas, at bottom centerfold. |
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