Live auction - Lot 453
[Belgium - Antwerp]
Dioecesis episcopatus Anverpiensis [sic].
Antwerp, P. Verbiest II, [c. 1630]
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Engr., 34,3 x 40,4 cm (light traces of central fold).
Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout.
Rare, detailed map of the Diocese of Antwerp. With a dedication to Johannes Malderus (1563-1633), fifth bishop of Antwerp, with above his coat of arms, and underneath the coat of arms and motto ("Ontrent den oever genere ick mij") of the St. Bernard's Abbey (Hemiksem) of which Malderus was abbot. Verso blank.
Ref. Van Ortroy, F. - Les Verbist enlumineurs et cartographes anversois, in "Le Compas d'Or", 7, 1929, pp. 14-15, n. 17. - Hollstein XXXV.187.7.
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