Author: Smulders & Co
Title: Kaarten der provinciën van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
Description: s Hertogenbosch, 's Gravenhage, Henri Bogaerts & J. Smulders & Co, (1866). Vervaardigd naar de Groote Topographische en Militaire Kaart van het Ministerie van Oorlog en naar Schetsen der Gemeenten van P.H. Witkamp. ., Oblong large folio. aprox.. 72 x 54 cm. With richly decorated lithographed title, 9 full-page lithographed maps of the Dutch provinces with coat of arms, one folding, versos blank, all finely coloured by hand, and 12 full-page lvs. with statistics, versos blank, except for one with sketch of the railway-line Zaltbommel- 's Hertogenbosch on verso.Cloth-backed original lithographed wrappers. Atlas of the Netherlands, with the latest maps of Noord-Brabant, Gelderland, Z. Holland & Utrecht, N. Holland & Friesland, Zeeland, Overijssel, Groningen & Drente, Limburg, and general map of the Netherlands, each province with extensive statistics added on separate leaves.. J. Smulders & Co. in The Hague was an important centre of lithography at the period. It was founded in 1844 by Albertus Jacobus Smulders, he and his brother Joseph Smulders were both lithographers. The Dutch King Willem III had his own lithographer's office in the House of Smulders. According to Koeman, the firm produced cartographic products of lasting importance (Koeman VI, Smu 1) Zie beschrijving.

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