Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4156649
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
LEVVEN
Artist
Technique
Year
1609
Print run
Signed
Dimensions
30,5 x 23,1
Printing office
Details

City map of Leuven, with curbs of houses and buildings. Title at the top; in the upper corners the coats of arms of the Duchy of Brabant (left) and the city of Leuven (right), both within a beautiful scroll cartouche, Latin title at the bottom left in a very beautifully decorated 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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