Netherlands - Zeeland - Utrecht - Gelderland; Joan Blaeu / Mattheus Smallegange / C. Merian - [Lot of 4 maps] Frontier steden en sterckten - 1651-1660

1) Rammekens, often Zee-Burg

Map of Fort Rammekens in Zeeland

maker anonymous
published by Johannes Willemszoon Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1652
in: 'Toonneel der Steden'

dimensions: 36 x 48 cm (on sheet 47 x 57 cm)
condition: good, wide margins, center fold as issued, blank verso


2) Andreani Castelli Obsidio. Castellum Vornamum.

Two maps side by side. Fort Oud Sint-Andries on the left and Fort Nassau on the right.

published by Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1649
in: "Novum Ac Magnum Theatrum Urbium Belgicae Liberae Ac Foederatae."

dimensions: 23 x 27.5 cm (each) (on sheet 52 x 63 cm in total)
condition: good, sufficient margins, center fold as issued, Latin text on both front and verso


3) Frontier Cities and Fortifications around Zeeland

Comprising: Bergen op Zoom, Lillo and Liefkeshoek, Hulst, 't Sas van Gent, Axel, Neusden, Philippine, Biervliet, Ysendycke, Aerdenburgh and Sluys in Vlaenderen

by: Mattheus Smallegange
publisher: Johannes Meertens
in: "Nieuwe Cronyk van Zeeland" - 1696

dimensions: 28 x 34.5 cm (on sheet 36.5 x 41 cm)
condition: good, sufficient margins, center fold as issued, blank verso


4) Willemstadt - Vyane

double engraving of the cities of Willemstad and Vianen

by: C. Merian
in: ‘Topographia Germaniae Inferioris (..)’ - 1660

dimensions: 18 x 14 cm (each) (on sheet 32 x 38 cm in total)
condition: good, wide margins, center fold as issued, blank verso