Amsterdam: VOC headquarters
Detail
Date of first edition: 1783
Date of this map: 1783
Dimensions copper plate (not including margins): 28 x 38 cm
Dimensions (including margins): 36,8 x 48,2 cm
Condition: Very good copper engraving on strong paper and wide margins. Centre fold as published. A few stains in the margins.
Condition rating: A+
Verso: blank
From: Nieuwe atlas, van de voornaamste gebouwen en gezigten der stad Amsterdam, met derzelver beknopte beschryvingen
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View on the ‘Oost-Indisch-Huys’, with Krankzinnigen-huys, in Amsterdam.
Title in Dutch and French
View on the Kloveniersburgwal from eastside to the small gate of the Dutch Oost-Indisch-Huys at n° 48 and the Dolhuis op nummer 50. Today, the building is part of the University of Amsterdam.
Drawing by H. Schouten
Published in Nieuwe atlas, van de voornaamste gebouwen en gezigten der stad Amsterdam, met derzelver beknopte beschryvingen. This is a marvellous town-atlas, the greatest work describing 18th century Amsterdam with its houses and buildings set up in their environments of places and canals.
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