Live auction - Lot 624
[Low Countries]
Leo Belgicus.
€ 4.500 / 5.000
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Lot description
[Amsterdam], P. Kaerius, [1617]
Copper engr., 37 x 45 cm, full col. (splitting c'fold, marg. tear rep., soiled margins).
Good copy.
2nd state of the Kaerius geographical map representing the XVII Provinces of the Low Countries in the form of a standing Lion, with underneath the mention "Henricus Florentij à Langren sculpsit". With the coats-of-arms of the provinces, their boundaries, a sea monster and 2 vessels. At the bottom 3 couples in typical costume. Verso blank. Ref. van der Heijden, Leo Belgicus, p. 38.