Author: Lodovico Guicciardini (1521-1589)
Title: [Antique print, handcolored engraving] Lewardum (Leeuwarden), published ca. 1582.
Description: Hand coloured view of the Dutch city of Leeuwarden, as seen from above. With explanatory title (LEWARDVM) in a cartouch left from the middle: 'LEWARDVM. Occidentalis Fri:siae Opp: 1581'. ca. 1582.This print originates from 'Lodovico Guicciardini, Descrittione di tutti i Paesi bassi (...), Antwerpen, Plantijn, 1582'. This was an influential account of the history and the arts of the Low Countries, accompanied by city maps by various leading engravers. Deys 2001. Overall size: 29 x 34,3 cm; plate size: 23,8 x 31,5 cm. Good state. Some age related discolouration. Roughly coloured. Handlaid paper pasted to contemporary paper.

Keywords: Frisia / Friesland|Hand colored|Topography & Travel