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BRAUN, Georg (1541 - 1622) & Frans HOGENBERG (1536-1590)

Delphum urbs Hollandiæ cultissima, ab eiusdem nominis fossa, vulgo, Delfft appellata

Cologne: 1588. Engraved with period color. Loss to lower left corner of image very skilfully repaired with facsimile. Latin text. Plate mark: 13 7/8 x 18 7/8 inches. Sheet size: 19 x 23 inches.

From Braun & Hogenberg's monumental "Civitates Orbis Terrarum"

This is one of the earliest obtainable and most desirable images of Delft. An elegant composition, carefully coloured with great skill by a period hand, it provides a fascinating panorama of the beautiful Netherlands town.

The town is oriented so that north is to the right or more exactly, the top right corner. Due to the river and canals, which are not easily changed, the outline of the town is very much today as it was in the late 1500s. The drawing Hogenberg used is thought to be based on an anonymous panel in the Prinsenhof in Delft, probably done in the 1570s. The drawing is quite accurate, details of the two major churches while disproportionately large depict the great spires as they were, and as they remain, having had a few alterations.

The large church in the center of town is Nieuwe Kerk, in which the Netherlandish Royal Family has been buried since 1574, when William the Silent became the first, assassinated at the command of Philip II of Spain.

The town was founded in the Middle Ages and seems to have enjoyed intelligent city planning with its alternating canals and streets, central church and city hall, river moat, walls and gates, all of which can be studied in this splendid bird's-eye view.

It comes from Braun & Hogenberg's magnificent series of town plans, Civitates Orbis Terrarum, printed in six volumes in several languages from 1572 to 1618, incorporating 546 prospects of cities on four continents. Frans Hogenberg, who had engraved many of the maps in Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of 1570, conceived of the Civitates as a worthy companion to the groundbreaking first modern atlas. Printed in Cologne, its scope and polarity has never been rivaled, and its signature application of the bird's eye view perfectly married cartography with the long tradition of landscape painting of the northern renaissance.

True to the signature style of the Braun & Hogenberg series, handsome figures in period costume adorn the lower corners, while the surrounding pastureland is inhabited by grazing cows. The arms of Delft are depicted in the upper left corner.

R. A. Skleton, introduction Braun & Hogenberg, 1966; Koeman, B&H 3

#23277$1,500.00
 
 
HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1663-1724)

Belgii pars Septentrionalis communis nomine vulga Hollandia nuncupata Continenes Statum Potentissimæ Batavorum Reipublicæ seu Provincias VII. Foederatas.

Nuremberg: Homann, c. 1725. Engraved with attractive later colour, excellent impression. Small repair to bottom margin, otherwise excellent condition. Plate mark: 19 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches. Sheet size: 20 5/8 x 23 1/4 inches.

A beautiful, sharp impression of a work that is both a map and a tribute to the young Dutch Republic

Johann Baptist Homann, the leading German cartographer of the early 18th century, derived his style from the great Dutch mapmakers of the previous century, adding a Baroque flair, as demonstrated in this excellent map of the Dutch Republic and its colonies. Homann's admiration is most clearly shown in the cartouche in which the title is supported by mermaids and attended by putti bearing the Dutch Lion and a caduceus, here symbolising commerce and possibly peace (the Romans used it as a symbol of truce). Neptune himself stands to the left and points approvingly at the words "Batavorum Reipublicæ".

Flanking the exuberant cartouche are maps of the Dutch spheres of influence: the New Netherlands with an oval view of Manhattan and the East Indies, with an oval view of Batavia on Java. In point of fact, the Dutch no longer ruled New Amsterdam, though they remained a strong element in the life of the city and along the Hudson River.

The main topic of the map is of course the United Provinces themselves, here handsomely delineated and printed with period hand-colouring. The inset in the lower right is the southern continuation of Geldria.

All in all, this is an exceptionally good example of Homann's work and a fine celebration of Holland.

#23286$750.00
 
 
HONDIUS, Jodocus

Gelderland.

London: Thomas Cotes for Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. Engraving with period colour. Image size: 5 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches, sheet size: 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches.

From Historia Mundi or Mercator's Atlas , an English translation of Mercator's account of the history of the world that used the maps from the Atlas Minor.



van der Krogt: 351:3700

#23655$375.00
 
 
HONDIUS, Jodocus

The Countie of Holland

London: Thomas Cotes for Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. Engraved with period colouring. Image size: 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches; sheet size: 7 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches.

A handsome, pocket size map from an English edition of Mercator's Historia Mundi

The plates used for the Mercator-Hondius Atla Minor were sold at some point between 1621 and 1625 to new owners in England. They were used for an English translation of Mercator's Atlas, the Historia Mundi, first published in 1635, and from which this map came.

The map is oriented so that north is toward the right.

Van der Krogt: 351: 3400

#23651$375.00
 
 
HONDIUS, Jodocus

The Dioecese of Leden [Diocese of Leiden]

London: Thomas Cotes for Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. Engraving with period colour. Image size: 7 1/2 x 5 inches, sheet size: 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. .

From Historia Mundi or Mercator's Atlas , an English translation of Mercator's account of the history of the world that used the maps from the Atlas Minor.

Map oriented so that north is to the left.

van der Krogt: 351:3360

#23657$375.00
 
 
HONDIUS, Jodocus

The Dukedome of Brabant

London: Thomas Cotes for Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. Engraving with period colour. Image size:6 x 7 3/4 inches, sheet size: 7 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches.

From Historia Mundi or Mercator's Atlas , an English translation of Mercator's account of the history of the world that used the maps from the Atlas Minor.

The map is oriented so that north is to the right.

van der Krogt: 351:3100

#23653$375.00
 
 
HONDIUS, Jodocus

The Lordship of Groninga

London: Thomas Cotes for Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. Engraving with period colour. Image size: 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches; sheet 7 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. Sheet printed so that upper right corner of neatline does not appear .

From Historia Mundi or Mercator's Atlas , an English translation of Mercator's account of the history of the world that used the maps from the Atlas Minor.

The map is oriented so that north is to the right.

van der Krogt: 351:3950

#23654$375.00
 
 
HONDIUS, Jodocus

The Lordship of Trans-isalania.

London: Thomas Cotes for Michael Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. Engraving with period colour. Image size: 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches, sheet size: 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Map printed so that the edge of the page intrudes slightly on the neatline.

From Historia Mundi or Mercator's Atlas , an English translation of Mercator's account of the history of the world that used the maps from the Atlas Minor.

Map oriented so that north is to the right.

van der Krogt: 351:3800

#23656$375.00
 
 
LAURIE & WHITTLE (Pub.)

A New Map of the Seat of War, in the Netherlands, from the best Authorities.

London: Laurie & Whittle, 1794. Engraved with period outline colour. Mild discolouration at center fold. Collection stamp on verso. Mild off-setting throughout. Image size (including text): 18 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches. Sheet size: 21 x 28 1/2 inches.

The Revolution in France provoked hostility in several European countries, and this led to fighting over and the occupation of what later became Belgium by the French. War had been declared on Austria on April 20, 1792 (the Hapsburgs ruled the Belgian region), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars. This map shows the status of the war in 1794.

#11082$450.00
 
 
MOLL, Herman (1654-1732)

Les Provinces des Pays-Bas Catholiques ou A Most Exact Map of Flanders of Austrian Netherlands &c. It comprehends all the Towns, Villages, Abbeys, Monasteries Throughout all these Provinces &c.

London: J. Bowles, T. Bowles, and John King, circa 1740. Hand-coloured engraving. Trimmed within outside line of border on the upper left side. Sheet size: 24 1/2 x 39 5/8 inches.

Moll map of Belgium

Herman Moll came to London in about 1678 from Germany or Holland and worked as an engraver for, among others, Moses Pitt. He clearly had a talent for making interesting friends (these included Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift and William Dampier, explorer/bucaneer) and for making interesting maps. In fact, he consistently produced intriguing, enjoyable maps.

This map of present day Belgium, then the Spanish or Catholic Netherlands, was made close to the end of Queen Anne's reign,(1701- 1714). The dedication to James, Duke of Ormond, reads "Captain General in Her Majesty's Forces". A note about a boundary agreement made at the end of 1715, under George I, was undoubtedly added to the original plate a year or two later.

This region had been frequently involved in wars conducted on its territory by its neighbors and their allies. The most recent, the War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714, had begun with the occupation of forts on the Dutch/Spanish Netherlands border by the French. Later, several major battles were fought in this region. A considerable line of French forts, the "barrier", prevented an invasion of France and helped bring about a negotiated peace. The inset plan of a generic fortification is therefore more appropriate than it might seem at first.

At the bottom in English and French, Moll gives the source for the map, which was a 21 sheet survey, published in Brussels by Mr. Fricz. Eugène Henri Fricx or Friex died in 1733. He published the map referred to, Pays Bas , in 1712.



#10358$1,750.00
 
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