Status Reipublicae Genvensis Status et Ducatus Mediolanensis

Reference: ms8412
Author Frederick de WIT
Year: 1680 ca.
Zone: Lombardy
Printed: Amsterdam
Measures: 570 x 490 mm
€450.00

Reference: ms8412
Author Frederick de WIT
Year: 1680 ca.
Zone: Lombardy
Printed: Amsterdam
Measures: 570 x 490 mm
€450.00

Description

Map of north Italy with relief shown pictorially.

Copper engraving, finely colored by hand, in excellent state of preservation. Very decorative.

Frederick de WIT (1630 - 1706)

De Wit was one of the most prominent and successful map engravers and publishers in Amsterdam in the period following the decline of the Blaeu and Jansson establishments, from which he acquired many copper plates when they were dispersed at auction. His output covered most aspects of map making: sea charts, world atlases, an atlas of the Netherlands, 'town books' covering plans of towns and cities in the Netherlands and Europe, and wall maps. His work, notable for the beauty of the engraving and colouring, was very popular and editions were issued many years after his death by Pieter Mortier and Covens and Mortier.

Frederick de WIT (1630 - 1706)

De Wit was one of the most prominent and successful map engravers and publishers in Amsterdam in the period following the decline of the Blaeu and Jansson establishments, from which he acquired many copper plates when they were dispersed at auction. His output covered most aspects of map making: sea charts, world atlases, an atlas of the Netherlands, 'town books' covering plans of towns and cities in the Netherlands and Europe, and wall maps. His work, notable for the beauty of the engraving and colouring, was very popular and editions were issued many years after his death by Pieter Mortier and Covens and Mortier.