Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4156599
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
Lille
Artist
Technique
Year
1609
Print run
Signed
Dimensions
30,6 x 22,6
Printing office
Details

City map of Lille (Lille), showing curbs of houses and buildings. Title at the top; in the upper corners the coats of arms of (French) Flanders and the city of Lille, both within a laurel wreath. At the bottom of the legend in a very nice cartouche. Published in Amsterdam by Cornille Nicolas, MDCIX (1609), in the famous description of the Netherlands by Lodovico Guicciardini (1521-1589): 'Description de Tous les Pays-Bas, autrement appelez la Germanie Inferieure, ou Basse Allemange; by Messire Loys Guicciardin Gentil Homme Florintin, (...) '.

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