De Amstelstroom, in zes zangen 

• 1755 
• Winter, Nicolaas Simon van 
• Miscellaneous 
• Pieter Meijer 

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De Amstelstroom, in zes zangen

Fokke, S., Meijer, P.

1755

First edition

207

 x  cm

A series of six poems or "songs" celebrating the Amstel river and the surrounding valley, illustrated and decorated with ten finely executed engravings, including a map of the river valley. The region covered begins about twenty kilometres south of Amsterdam and follows the river to its mouth at the Amsterdam harbour. Of particular topographic interest are the explanatory notes on pages 163 to 207, which provide information about the towns and villages, regions, events, names and words mentioned in the songs. The preliminaries include a poem explaining the allegorical frontispiece, a dedication to Van Winter's brother-in-law Jacob Muhl, and laudatory verses by his mother-in-law Agatha Maria Sena (widow of J. Muhl), Sara Maria van der Wilp, Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken (a poet who was to marry Van Winter after the death of his first wife Johanna Muhl), Lucas Pater, Bernardus de Bosch, and the publisher Pieter Meyer. Nicolaas Simon van Winter (1718-1795) was a merchant dealing in indigo. He began publishing poetry in 1743 and made many friends in the literary circles of the high society of his day. All the engravings are finely executed and well printed. The folding map (at a scale of about 1:68,500) is titled "Nieuwe Kaart van den Amstel Stroom," includes six small coats of arms and a scale of Rijnland rods, and was engraved by "J v J."