Ager Antverpiensis sive Pars Marchionatus Sacri Romani Imperii vulgo het Marck-Graefschap des H. Rycx.

Engr., 45,8 x 56,6 cm (few tiny spots).

Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout.

Rare map of Antwerp, its fortifications, the Citadel and the expansion project of 1580, thus depicting its larger surroundings (Merksem, Berchem, Hoboken, etc.). Two putti next to a large dedication underneath the coat of arms of the city. In the lower left corner an inset map of the Duchy of Brabant. Verso blank.
Ref. Van Ortroy, F. - Les Verbist enlumineurs et cartographes anversois, in "Le Compas d'Or", 7, 1929, pp. 29-30, n. 43. - Hollstein XXXV.195.21.