Belgii sive Germaniae Inferioris accuratissima tabula. Auctore Henrico Hondio. 1631.

49 x 60 cm, cont. bordercol. & full col. borders and cartouche. Restored (right & left side renewed), folds underlaid and browning.

Decorative map.

1st state of this Hondius-map, oriented to the west. In the decorative upper and lower borders: panels showing 20 city views and maps of Loeven, Nijmegen, Limborgh, Lutzenborg, Ghendt, Arras, Bergen, Amsterdam, Middelburgh and Namur, 't Hof van Brussel, Zutphen, Antwerpen, Leuwarden, Utrecht, Mechelen, Deventer, Groningen, Rotterdam and 't Hof van Holland. In the attractive side borders alternatively 6 costumes and 8 fortresses. In the sea 4 lists of place names. Elaborate cartouche with a shield surrounded by banderoles and (uncoloured) coats-of-arms of the 17 provinces.  ref. Van der Heijden, I: 92. - Cp. Van der Krogt 3000:1C.