Author: Commelin, Caspar.
Title: Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, Zynde een Naukeurige verhandlinge van desselfs eerste Oorspronck uyt den Hyse der Heeren van Amstel, en Amstellant, Haar Vergrooting, Rykdom, en Wyze van Regeeringe, tot den Jare 1691[...]. 2nd edition.
Description: Amst., By Andries Van Damme Damme, [etc.], 1726. 2 vols. [16],1223,[40] pp. Engr. title-plate after P.Tideman, 2 woodcut coat-of-arms on the title-pages, 5 engr. maps/plans & 48 engr. views (one large fold. plan, one large folding panorama, 41 double-page plts & 10 full-page plts), 77 engr. text-ills (5 by Jan Luiken). In two uniform contemp. raised & gilt full leather bindings. - Worn along the extrimities. # NvH 68; Haitema Mulier / v.d. Lem 116a; Ve/Vd Kellen 223 (note). - Good copy of the second edition. With numerous fine double-page views, maps and plans of Amsterdam. - Including a.o. the large panoramic view of Amsterdam. - - The author had free access to the archives of the city of Amsterdam. His work therefore contains much more reliable sources and official documents than the works of Dapper and Van Domselaar.

Keywords: Topography Amsterdam Oud-Amsterdam ?Stelling Achter Toonbank / ?Stelling Achter Toonbank / VII Topografie