Live auction - Lot 859
[Belgium - Waasland]
Caerte figuerative van t'Lant van Waes ende Hulster Ambacht als mede de rievier de Schelde met de rechte ghelegentheyt van de naest liggende landen van nieus verbetert.
Antwerp, P. Verbiest, 1656
€ 1.200 / 1.500
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Lot description
Engr., on 5 sheets, together 66,3 x 71,4 cm (sl. traces of folds, few tiny spots).
Mounted on cloth. Hinged at upper edge.
Very large map of the course of the Scheldt, from Ghent over Dendermonde and Antwerp, to Hulst, depicting the river in great detail and covering its large surroundings as far as Rumst, Lier and Bergen-op-Zoom. Small legend at the right side. Verso not visible.
Ref. Van Ortroy, F. - Les Verbist enlumineurs et cartographes anversois, in "Le Compas d'Or", 7, 1929, pp. 28-29, n. 41. - Hollstein XXXV.194.20.