Subject: Netherlands
Period: 1725 (circa)
Publication: Descriptio Frisiae
Color: Hand Color
Size:
16.5 x 13 inches
41.9 x 33 cm
This nicely detailed map depicts southern Holland in ancient times. It shows the course of the Rhine, Waal and Bergsche Rivers to the North Sea. Beautifully engraved with a large cartouche featuring a battle scene and the two Frisian leaders, Verritus and Malorix. Mensone Alting was the burgomeister of Groningen and the author of 'Descriptio Frisiae', the first history of the Netherlands.
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Condition: B+
There is some faint foxing, else very good.