Antwerpen (Hanseatic House) – Het Oosterhuis
by
Joan Blaeu
Visit “the past today”
Detail
Date of first edition: 1649
Date of this map: 1652
Dimensions (not including margins): 40 x 52 cm
Dimensions (including margins): 49,5 x 63,5 cm
Condition: excellent. Sharp copper engraving printed on strong paper. Centre fold is as published. Small fold in top left corner. Original colouring. Wide margins. Fold in right top corner. Slight age-toning.
Condition rating: A+
Verso: text in Latin, with plan of the fortress
Map reference: Van der Krogt 4, 205, first state
From: Novum Ac Magnum Theatrum Urbinum Belgicae (“Stedenboeck”), Amsterdam, 1649. Van der Krogt, 43:113, page E (first state)
Price (without VAT, possibly to be added): €700,00 (FYI +/- $777,00 / £623,00)
Unless otherwise specifically stated on this map page, we charge the following expedition costs in euro (unfortunatelly, gone up with Covid, but still too low in reality!):
– Benelux: 40 euro
– Rest of Europe: 60 euro
– Rest of the World: 100 euro
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