Map of Amsterdam in 1640 by Casparus Commelin - Anno 1726. SOLD

Original antique copperengraving, uncoloured.
“AMSTERDAM met d’uytlegging van ’t jaer 1613.”
Title in Dutch in ribbon on top. Left the crowned coat of arms of Amsterdam, on the right the city-seal. The map shows the city grown to the west with the three main-canals and the Jordaan.
From: Beschrijvinge der Stadt Amsterdam by CASPARUS COMMELIN – 1691.
Published in 1726 by Van Damme, Ratelband etc. in Amsterdam.
Literature:
A.E.d’Ailly, Catalogus Amsterdamsche plattegronden Gemeente archief Amsterdam. Number 130.
Kaarten van Amsterdam 1538- 1865 Stadsarchief Amsterdam Blz .131 Cat 62 2th publishing.

Format Engraving: 27 x 36 cm. (10.6 x 14.2 inches.)