[Map of Holland and Belgium]

Johann Baptist Homann.
Tabula Generalis Totius Belgii qua Provinciæ XVII. Infer. Germaniæ olim sub S.R.I.Circulo Burgundiæ...

Nuremberg, c.1720. 494 x 580mm. Original colour with later additions.
A large and decorative map showing Holland, Belgium & Luxembourg.
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[Map of the Netherlands]

Thomas Stackhouse.
The Catholic Netherlands with the Seven United Netherlands.

London: Stackhouse, c.1786. 400 x 390mm. Original colour. A few marginal tears.
With bright original colour.
STAC0001

[Map of Marlborough's route through Belgium]

Johann Baptist Homann.
Arena Martis in Belgio, qua Provinciæ X. Catholicæ Ingerioris Germaniæ.

Nuremberg, c.1706. 495 x 570mm. Original colour.
A large and decorative map of Belgium during the War of the Spanish Succession. The progress of the English army under John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, through the low countries is marked by a series of towns marked in red as 'Englische Besatzung' ('occupied by the English'). Antwerp has yet to fall, dating the map to pre-1706. A vignette lower right has a prospect of Luttich / Leige.
HOMA0064

[Map of Belgium]

Emanuel Bowen.
A New & Correct Map of the Netherlands or Low Countries...

London, c.1745. 355 x 430mm. Coloured.
Published for 'Mr Tyndal's Continuation of Mr Rapin's History' [of England], with a decorative title cartouche.
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[Decorative map of Belgium]

John Tallis.
Belgium.

London Printing and Publishing Company, c.1860. Steel-engraving. 270 x 340mm. Original colour. Slight staining in top margin.
With inset vignettes including views of Antwerp Cathedral and the Monuments on the Plains of Waterloo.
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[Antwerp]

Matthaus Merian.
Antverpia.

Frankfurt, 1649.. 280 x 360mm.
Detailed map of Antwerp, with a 32-point key.
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[Hansiatic League Headquarters in Antwerp]

Matthaus Merian.
Domus Hansae Teutonicae. Sacri Romani Imperii.

Frankfurt, c1660. 240 x 315mm.
The Hansiatic League Headquarters in Antwerp.
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[Plan of Antwerp]

Nicolas De Fer
Le Marquisat du St. Empire consistant en la seule ville d'Anvers...

Paris, 1705. 230 x 335mm. Coloured.
Plan of Antwerp, focusing on the defences, with an extensive key. With a sheet of engraved text.
DEFE0011

[Map of Antwerp with fortifications]

Eugène Henri Fricx.
Plan de la Ville et Citadelle D'Anvers...

Brussels, 1711-12. 390 x 530mm.
A fine impression of this plan of Antwerp, highlighting the fortifications and showing the important buildings in profile. An inset shows the environs of the city. KOEMAN: Fri 1, 62.
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[Townplan of Antwerp]

Christoph Weigel.
Ichnographia Antwerpiæ...

Nuremburg, 1718. 330 x 425mm. Original colour.
Detailed townplan, with an inset of the environs.
WEIG0024

[Townplan of Antwerp]

Deur.
Plan de la Ville et Citadelle d'Anvers...

Amsterdam, c.1729. 440 x 450mm. Coloured. Small repair to centrefold.
Detailed townplan concentrating on the defences, engraved by Deur, possibly published by Chatelain.
DEUR0001

[Early Bruges (Brugge)]

Braun & Hogenberg.
Brugæ, Flandricarum Urbium Ornamenta.

Cologne, c.1572. 320 x 465mm. Original colour. Some age-toning caused by the strong original colour.
Bird's-eye view of Bruges, published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans.
BRAU0010

[Early townplan of Brussels]

Braun & Hogenberg.
Bruxella...

Cologne, c.1572. 335 x 475mm. Coloured.
Map-view of Brussels based on the plan by Ludovico Guicciardini of 1567. Published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans, it has a 56-point key of the important buildings, most of which are shown in profile.
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[Plan of Brussels]

Nicolas De Fer
Bruselles Ville des Pais Bas, Capital du Brabant....

Paris, 1705. 230 x 335mm. Coloured.
Plan of Brussels, focusing on the defences, with a key. With a sheet of engraved text.
DEFE0013

[Brussels]

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Brussels (Bruxelles).

London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1837. Steel engraving, printed area 335 x 390mm.
Detailed map of Bruxelles, with an inset map of the environs.
SDUK0006

[Liege]

Braun & Hogenberg.
Leodium. Liege.

Cologne, c.1572. 330 x 470mm. Coloured.
Published in the 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first series of printed townplans. It takes the form of a view from a local hill, with three figures in local dress in the foreground.
BRAU0038

[Plan of the Battle of Maastricht, 1703]

Isaac Basire.
Battle of Maestricht. Plan of the Camp of the Allies, commanded by Mons.r D'Auverquerque, and the manner in which it was drawn up in the Battle, when the Army of the Two Crowns advanced to Attack It May 14th 1703.

London, 1745. 395 x 475mm. Coloured.
Fought in the War of the Spanish Succession. 'D'Auverquerque' is the Dutch General Ouwerkerk, ally of Marlborough against the French. Engraved by Basire for 'Mr. Tindal's Continuation of Mr.Rapin's History of England'.
BASI0006

[Map of the Netherlands]

Nicolas Sanson.
Les Sept Provinces inies du Pas - Bas Description nouvelle.

Paris, c.1692. Sheet 220 x 320mm. Coloured.
The Netherlands, engraved by A. de Winter for the quarto edition of Sanson's atlas. The title cartouche features allegorical figures including Mercury & Neptune.
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[Map of the Netherlands and its Colonies]

Johann Baptist Homann.
Belgii pars Septentrionalis communi nomine Vulgo Hollandia nuncupata Continens Statum Potentissimæ Batavorum Reipublicæ sue Provincias VII Fœderatuas,

Nuremberg, c.1703. 490 x 570mm. Original colour with later additions.
A large and decorative map of Holland, with an allegorical title cartouche and inset maps of their colonies overseas. To the right of the cartouche is a map of the Eastern Seaboard of America from Massachussets south to the Chesapeake, with a prospect of New York City, here still called 'Niew Amsterdam', despite the settlement being in English hands since 1674. Under the map is a map of the East Indies, with a prospect of Batavia. Published first in 1703 this is one of Homann's earliest maps.
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[Decorative map of Holland]

John Tallis.
Holland.

London, John Tallis & Co., c.1851. Steel-engraving. 350 x 255mm. Original colour. Trimmed into border at top, publication lost at bottom.
With inset vignettes including a view of Rotterdam.
TALL0016

[Map of West Frisia]

Willem Blaeu.
Frisia Occidentalis...

Amsterdam, 1640. 385 x 500mm. Coloured. Some creasing.
West Frisland, with three fine cartouches in full colour.
BLAE0030

[Map of Overijssel]

Crépy
Seigneurie d'Over-Yssel.

Paris: Crépy, 1767. 220 x 290mm. Original colour.
Province of the Netherlands.
CREP0005

[Map of Utrecht]

George Louis Le Rouge.
Le Seigneurie D'Utrecht.

Paris, c.1756. 210 x 280mm. Coloured.

LERO0006

[Decorative plan of Flushing]

Christiaen Vermey.
Vlissingen.

Leiden, van der Aa, 1711. 380 x 345mm. False margin bottom left to repair binding trimming.
An uncommon plan of Vlissingen, known in English as Flushing. In the 17th century Flushing was a main harbour for ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC).
VERM0002

[Decorative map of Zeeland]

Johannes Jansson.
Zeelandia Comitatus.

Amsterdam, Jansson & Henricus Hondius, 1638. 385 x 500mm. Coloured.
Decorative map of Zeeland, marking Rotterdam & Antwerp. Koeman: Me 52a.
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[Decorative map of Zeeland]

Christiaen Vermey.
Naeukeurige Nieuwe Land-Caert des Graesschaps Zeeland.

Leiden, van der Aa, 1718. 470 x 540mm. Coloured.
An uncommon map of Zeeland with a title cartouche of allegorical figures, published in van der Aa's monumental 'La Galerie Agreable Du Monde'.
VERM0001

[Decorative map of Luxembourg in fine colour]

Gerard Mercator
Trier & Lutzenburg.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1613. 370 x 475mm. Fine original colour. Paper lightly toned, otherwise a good example.
Luxembourg and the district of Trier in Germany, by Gerard Mercator himself, with a strapwork title cartouche.
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