Handcolored Rare Map of Leeuwarden, Capital of Friesland, The Netherlands, 1622
€ 1 350
One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.
Date
1622
Sheet size
41 × 50 cm (16.1 × 19.7 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-11357
Condition
professionally restored with later hand coloring. Please study image carefully.
About this sheet
Antique map titled 'Leeuwerden de Hooftstadt van Vrieslandt'. Rare and old map of the city of Leeuwarden, Friesland.
Artists and Engravers: Published by Pieter Feddes van Harlingen (1586–1623), a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Condition: Good, professionally restored with later hand coloring. Please study image carefully. Date: 1622 Overall size: 50 x 41 cm. Image size: 52.5 x 43 cm.
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