Author: SCHOTANUS VAN STERRINGA, Bernhard.
Title: Uitbeelding der heerlijkheit Friesland; zoo in 't algemeen, als in haare XXX bijzondere grietenijen; ... Nu nieuwelijks met bijgevoegde aangrenzingen, en veel vermeerderingen: nevens d'afteekening van Oud Friesland,...[Leeuwarden], François Halma, 1718. Imperial folio (54.5 x 33 cm). With an engraved allegorical title-page; 3 full-page engraved heraldic plates; and 37 double-page and 2 larger folding engraved maps. Beautiful cartouches and landscapes on all maps, mostly by Jan and Caspar Luyken, all beautifully coloured by a contemporary hand. Contemporary red half roan, later cloth corners and reinforcing.
Description: [4] pp. plus plates.Second revised and enlarged edition of the first atlas of the Dutch province of Friesland, with the pictorial decoration on 22 of the maps executed by Jan and Caspar Luyken, with all the maps and plates beautifully coloured by hand. It includes an overview map of the entire province and 30 detail maps at scales of about 1:25,000 to 42,000. "The execution of these maps is exceptionally beautiful ... one of the best and most beautiful documents of our old cartography" (Fockema Andreae). Not included in the first edition are eight additional historical maps of the Netherlands, with a special emphasis on Friesland, the first by Schotanus van Sterringa and the others (numbered I to VII) by Alting. Some small tears; large tears in 2 maps repaired. Good, beautifully coloured copy of the best edition of the most beautiful atlas of Friesland.l V. Eeghen & V.d. Kellen 332 note; Fockema Andreae, Gesch. kartografie Nederland, pp. 58-59; Klaversma & Hannema 1296; Koeman, Schot 2; Phillips & LeGear 3088; Tiele, Bibl. 978.

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