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Speculum Zelandiae dat is Een Beschryvinge ofte Afbeelding der Steden, Ambachts-Heerlijckheden, Castelen, Ridderlijcke Hofsteden, Huysen en Gebouwen gelegen inde Eylanden en de Graeflijckeyt van Zeelandt.

Speculum Zelandiae dat is Een Beschryvinge ofte Afbeelding der Steden, Ambachts-Heerlijckheden, Castelen, Ridderlijcke Hofsteden, Huysen en Gebouwen gelegen inde Eylanden en de Graeflijckeyt van Zeelandt.

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Speculum Zelandiae dat is Een Beschryvinge ofte Afbeelding der Steden, Ambachts-Heerlijckheden, Castelen, Ridderlijcke Hofsteden, Huysen en Gebouwen gelegen inde Eylanden en de Graeflijckeyt van Zeelandt.

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Amsterdam, Nicolas Visscher (1660).

Large folio [535 x 358 mm] of 9 double-pages with 36 engravings, bound in 18th century paperboards.

Complete copy, printed on large paper, in sumptuous contemporary colouring of the baroque atlas of the Netherlands.

In the last 60 years, auction records mention only 2 copies of the standard issue, one from the first edition of 1657, the other one from the present edition of 1660. A third copy which was incomplete was sold in 1987.

The present compilation contains 36 engravings, printed by groups of 4 on the recto of double folios that illustrate baroque architecture of the Netherlands in the middle of the 17th century.

The prints not only depict towns, canals, ports, village scenes, mains monuments, but also precarious housing, return from the market, hunting scenes, sailing, castles, churches, convents, wind mills as well as ornamental gardens, the whole entirely enhanced with warm contemporary colouring.

(Hollstein, Schut 32; Hollstein, Publ. Clae Claesz Visscher I, 7)

The present copy, printed on large-paper, is the only one recorded from this de luxe edition. In the posterior editions, the Ottens ones for instance, engravings were cut and presented separately, and so printed in a 4to format.

The Visscher family is famous in the history of printing Atlases in the Netherlands in the 17th century. Nicolas Visscher I, the editor of the present atlas was born in Amsterdam in 1618. Only son of Claes Jansz Visscher, he got married in 1643. When his father died in 1652, he carried on the activity and settled in the Kalverstraat, in Amsterdam, until his passing in 1679.


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Amsterdam, Nicolas Visscher, (1660).

Grand in-folio de 9 double-pages regroupant 36 estampes, cartonnage du XVIIIè siècle.

535 x 358 mm.

Exemplaire complet, imprimé sur grand papier, en somptueux coloris de l'époque de l'Atlas baroque des pays bas.

Depuis 60 ans, le répertoire des ventes publiques ne mentionne que 2 exemplaires en tirage normal, l'un de la première édition de 1657, l'autre de la présente édition de 1660, un troisième, incomplet, fut vendu en 1987.

Ce recueil présente 36 estampes gravées, groupées par 4 vues imprimées au recto d'un double folio -illustrant l'architecture baroque des Pays Bas au milieu du XVIIè siècle.

Sont dessinés et peints avec bonheur les villes, canaux, ports, scènes villageoises, les principaux monuments, mais aussi l'habitat précaire, le retour du marché, les scènes de chasse, la navigation, les châteaux, églises, couvents, moulins ainsi que les jardins d'agrément, le tout rehaussé en chaleureux coloris de l'époque. (Hollstein, Schut 32 ; Hollstein, Publ. Clae Claesz Visscher I, 7)

Le présent exemplaire, imprimé sur grand papier est le seul répertorié dans ce tirage de luxe. Dans les éditions postérieures, par exemple les éditions Ottens, les gravures furent coupées et présentées séparément, et donc imprimées au format in-4.

La famille Visscher est célèbre dans l'histoire de l'imprimerie des Atlas aux Pays Bas au XVIIè siècle. Nicolas Visscher I, l'éditeur du présent atlas est né à Amsterdam en 1618. Fils unique de Claes Jansz Visscher, il se maria en 1643. A la mort de son père en 1652, il poursuivit l'activité et s'établit sur la Kalverstraat jusqu'à sa mort survenue en 1679.

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Speculum Zelandiae dat is Een Beschryvinge ofte Afbeelding der Steden, Ambachts-Heerlijckheden, Castelen, Ridderlijcke Hofsteden, Huysen en Gebouwen gelegen inde Eylanden en de Graeflijckeyt van Zeelandt.
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