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). Uniform contemp. full vellum bindings, spine raised in compartments, spine and edges of cover with gilt floral onrnaments. Sm. folio. - No titles on spine; first section of second volume sl. waterstained, first endpaper worn; panorama very sl. spotted.# NvH 68; Ve/Vd Kellen 223 (note). - Second edition. - LARGE PAPER COPY with all the fine views, maps and plans of Amsterdam in strong impressions. - Including a.o. the large panoramic view of Amsterdam seen from the IJ. - - 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 / X Topografie