Antique Plan of the City of Grave, Holland - Coats of Arms & Compass Rose, 1750
€ 220
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1750
Mapmaker / artist
Isaak Tirion
Sheet size
19.3 × 23.8 cm (7.6 × 9.4 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
PC-58894
Condition
Given age. Original folds as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Antique map titled 'Grondtekening der Stad Graave'. Plan of Grave, The Netherlands. With coats of arms, compass rose and key. From: Isaak Tirion's 'Hedendaagsche Historie, of Tegenwoordige Staat van alle volken.'
Artists and Engravers: Isaak Tirion, a Dutch publisher in Amsterdam, was born 1705. He produced serveral Atlases and Dutch town plans. The maps mainly based on those of Guillaume de l'Isle. He died in 1765. Tirion was born in Utrecht in 1705. He moved to Amsterdam in 1725 and set up shop on Damrak as a book publisher. Tirion quick rose in prominence by publishing pamphlets, historical works, and, most importantly, maps and atlases. He eventually relocated his printing house to the prestigious Kalverstraat. In his long career he produced eight atlases in multiple editions, some of which were published posthumously until about 1784. Most of his cartographic work is based on the earlier maps of Guillaume de L'Isle.
Condition: Good, given age. Original folds as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully. Date: c.1750 Overall size: 23.8 x 19.3 cm. Image size: 20 x 17 cm.
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