Paris: Bellin, 1764. Map. Engraving. Image measures 9" x 7" This 18th century chart depicts the city of Amsterdam. Shows a town plan of the city, port, canals, and military fortifications. Four numbered sites are listed in the title cartouche. Published in the 1764 edition of Bellin's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages." In very good condition. Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), was the official hydrographer to the French king and the first person to hold the title of "Ingenieur de la Marine..... More

Amsterdam. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16 5/8" x 20.5". Beautifully colored town plan of Doesburg in northeastern Holland, shown in an unusual panoramic birds-eye view, circa 1649. Features the fortress walls and a few cottages in the surrounding landscape. Includes two coats of arms, both of which have been hand burnished with beautiful gold leaf. Scale also includes gold leaf. Latin text on verso. Published around the time of the Spanish acknowledgment of the Dutch Republic..... More

Amsterdam. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16.25" x 20.75". Exquisite town plan of Grolla in Holland, circa 1649, shown in an unusual panoramic birds-eye view. Features the fortress and the surrounding pastoral landscape. Includes a coat of arms, which is hand burnished with beautiful gold leaf. Cartouche and scale are also decorated in gold leaf. Wonderful vignette in bottom left corner of two men fighting on horseback. Latin text on verso. Published around the time of the..... More

Amsterdam. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 14" x 18.25". Beautifully detailed town plan of Steenwijk in northeastern Holland, circa 1649, shown in an unusual panoramic birds-eye view. Features the fortress and the town within it, and the surrounding pastoral landscape. Includes two coats of arms. Latin text on verso. Published around the time of the Spanish acknowledgment of the Dutch Republic in "Novum Ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium Belgicae Liberae Ac Foederataee" ("Town books of the Netherlands"). Many..... More

Amsterdam. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16.25" x 20.75". Beautifully detailed town plan of Tiel in central Holland, circa 1649, shown in an unusual panoramic birds-eye view. Shows the pastoral and maritime nature of the area, with farms, houses, churches and ships in the surrounding waters. Includes two coats of arms. Dutch text on verso. Published around the time of the Spanish acknowledgment of the Dutch Republic in "Tooneel der Steden van der Vereenighde Nederlanden" ("Town books..... More

Cologne: Braun & Hogenberg, 1575. View. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 13.75" x 19.25". Beautiful town plan of Brielle (den Briel) in the Netherlands, circa 1575. Den Briel is a town, municipality and historic seaport in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The panoramic birds-eye view reveals the pastoral and maritime nature of the area. North is oriented at the bottom of the page. From the city atlas "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", a collection of city views..... More

Henry de Leth, 1768. Map. Engraving. Image 16 1/8 x 19 1/4 inches. Striking plan of the port city of Rotterdam on the Maas River in the Dutch province of South Holland. Top left in a block is a legend with 76 main street buildings and, top right in cartouche the provincial coat of arms from Holland and the city arms of Rotterdam. Extensive repairs to center margin and gate 36. The Amsterdam publishing firm of Covens and Mortier (1665-c..... More

Amsterdam: 1688. Map. Engraving. Image measures 18 5/8 x 21 5/8" This 17th century map by Frederick de Wit depicts the Seventeen Provinces of the Low Countries (Germania Inferior). The map shows a high level of detail, including numerous cities, towns, rivers, and regional boundaries. A large decorative cartouche on the left features a coat of arms, and a list of the provinces. At the base of the cartouche is the crest of Johan Munter, an Amsterdam merchant and civic..... More

Pieter van den Keere, 1617. Map. Engraving. Image measures 14.875 x 19.25". Sheet measures 17 x 23.25". Beautifully composed map of Friesland, in the Northwestern Netherlands on the North Sea. Includes the West Frisian Islands and many nautical details such as sand banks and polders. The Frisian double lion coat of arms and the Cirksena family coat of arms, a crowned harpy, float above the islands. Dark impression with full margins some minor abrasions on the paper. No text on..... More

Nuremburg. Map. Engraving with original color wash. Image measures 20" x 22.25". This lovely map of the Hague includes a plan and view of the prominent Dutch city. Published circa 1739, the plan shows the city before it became the international and political hub it is today. Rather than the modern buildings that house the International Court of Justice and embassies, the significant buildings highlighted are mainly churches and Dutch governmental buildings, labeled according to keys at the sides of..... More

Amsterdam: Jansson, J., 1666. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 15.25" x 19.5". Map of three of the West Frisian Islands, Vlieland, Terschelling and Ameland, as well as part of Friesland. Shows rail lines, post roads and major churches. Latin text on back. Minor staining along top margin, some wear to lower corners. Jan Jansson was part of an influential family of map publishers from the Netherlands throughout the 17th century and beyond. They were based in Arnhem then in Amsterdam..... More

Amsterdam: Petrus Schenk. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 18.5" x 23". Amsterdam:1705. Unusual map of the Netherlands. Includes an array of unusual features: two inset maps of areas with Dutch VOC influence, the East Indies and a view of Batavia; and New England and Long Island, with a view of New Amsterdam. Also included is a table showing the coats of arms from the seven provinces part of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. Scale is..... More

Nuremberg: Homann, 1739. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 19.5" x 22.75". Detailed plan of Amsterdam, which includes an aerial view of the city with a wealth of views and images. The plan at the center has streets and medieval walls clearly marked, such that the city looks like a many-pointed star with a windmill at each point. An enormous number of ships are huddled in the city's harbor, demonstrating its status as an economic world power. This..... More