Low Countries / Cartography & Topography

WINSEMIUS, Pierius. Chronique ofte historische geschiedenisse van Vrieslant. Beginnende vanden jaere nae des Werelts scheppinghe 3635. ende loopende tot den jaere nae de gheboorte Christi.
Franeker, Jan Lamrinck, 1622. Folio. With an engraved allegorical title page, a large engraved coat of arms of the province of Friesland, a large folding engraved map of Friesland, 3 folding engraved plans. Further with (in the text) 49 half-page, full-length engraved portraits, 2 engraved costume plates, 2 plans of sieges, 1 view 6 seals and coats of arms of Friesland at the end. Also with many woodcut decorated initials and woodcut head- and tailpieces. All engraved and woodcut illustrations are beautifully coloured by a contemporary hand. Contemporary gold-tooled sprinkled calf. [10], 913, [61] pp. Full description

[VIEWS - NETHERLANDS - ZEELAND]. Speculum zelandiae[,] dat is een beschryvinge ofte afbeelding der steden, ambachts-heerlijckheden, dorpen[,] castelen, ridderlijcke hofsteden, huysen en gebouwen gelegen inde eylanden en de graeflijckheyt van Zeelandt.
Amsterdam, the widow Joachim Ottens and sons, [1719/25]. Oblong 1mo (34 x 39.5 cm). With engraved allegorical title-page (with the coats of arms of the province of Zeeland and 8 Zeeland cities) and 37 engraved plates (plate size 21 x 28 cm), including 2 different views of Middleburg from the harbour side (the earlier publications included one or the other). 19th-century gold-tooled sheepskin parchment. With the bookplate of Vincent van Gogh. [36] engr. ll. Full description