Hendrick Hondius (1573-1650)
[Antique print, cartography, etching and engraving] CAERTE VAN WATERLAND, oude kaart van Waterland, published ca. 1631-1682.
Map of the so-called Waterland region: at bottom is Amsterdam and at the top is Monnikedam.
On the bottom left a scale stick: ‘Rhynlandsche Roeden.’
Titled on the top left: ‘CAERTE VAN WATERLAND Vertonende de gele gentheyt der Meer en onlangs bedyckt als Buyckslooter Broecker en Belmer meer met de naest gelegen Steden tot Amsterdam by Henricus Hondius’. On verso text in letterpress.
This map is cut from a print with five polder maps (de Zijpe, de Beemster, de Purmer, de Wormer and Waterland). This print is used in: ‘The English Atlas’. 4 vols, published in Oxford and Amsterdam between 1680-1683.
€ 96,80 (€ 80,00 ex. btw)