"Picardia Regio Belgica, Auctore Ioanne Surhonio", Blaeu, (Family)

Superb example of the decorative style of the Blaeu family, based on the cartography of Jean Surhon. The map is filled with detail of the countryside along the Somme River, and includes Abbeville, Amiens, Saint Quentin and La Fere (which appears to have been a larger city in the seventeenth century than it is today). Handsomely adorned with a strapwork distance scale, Picardie coat of arms held aloft by putti, and local farmers framing the title cartouche. Latin text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #4100:2A.

Condition: A

A crisp impression with superb, full contemporary color on a bright sheet with light dampstaining along the edges of the sheet. There is a short centerfold separation at bottom and several tiny tears along the edges of the sheet.