Leoverdia (2 results)

Double-page, engraved, hand-coloured map, Latin text on verso; Dimensions: 385 x 500mm. ( 15.25 x 19.75 inches). Detailed plan of Leeuwarden from Joan Blaeu's town book of the Netherlands, first published one year after the peace of Munster and the Spanish acknowledgement of the Dutch Republic. Blaeu planned his town book towards the end of the battle with Spain to consist of two volumes; one showing the towns of the Republic, the other showing towns belonging to Spain. In the second edition, due to a large scale re-conquest of land by the Republic, Blaeu had to transfer several towns to the volume showing towns of the Republic and as a consequence this volume became larger than the other; thus the composition of the atlas became linked to the struggle for independence of the Republic. With legend at lower right. 385 x 500 mm (15.25 x 19.75 inches). Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici B1 64.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Antique city map of Leeuwarden. Title top left from center; top left the coat of arms of Friesland; top right the coat of arms of Leeuwarden; bottom right legend. Latin text on the back. Hand-coloured copper engraving, published in Amsterdam in 1649 by Joan Blaeu in "Novum Ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium Belgicae Liberae Ac Foederatae." Slight paper discoloration accross the center fold. Dimensions (image): 40 x 51 cm.