Author: Lodovico Guicciardini (1521-1589)
Title: [Antique print, cartography] Gravelines (Grevelingen), published ca. 1610.
Description: City map of Gravelines, Gravelingen in Northern France.This print originates from an edition of  ‘Lodovico Guicciardini, Descrittione di tutti i Paesi bassi (…)’. This was an influential account of the history and the arts of the Low Countries, accompanied by city maps by various leading engravers.Plate numbered on the bottom right: '74.'Titled at the top: 'GREVELINGE';  inscribed on the left: 'GRAVELINGA, URBS MARITIMA OLIM PORTU AMPLISSIMO FAMOSA.' Etching on paper, two sheets joined together, with some margins; plate mark: 222 x 310 mm, total: 259 x 349 mm; in very good condition. Verso blanco.

Keywords: Cartography|France