Ypres - 1582 by Guicciardini
| Cartographer: | Guicciardini |
| Full Title: | Hypra flandria rume Civitatu munitissima |
| Published: | 1582, Antwerp by Plantin |
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A lovely and scarce 16th century plan of Ypres, showing the details of streets, churches, buildings, and city lots. Shows the medieval layout of city, with individual houses and buildings rendered complete with tiny doors and windows. Shows the fortifications and the city's moat, also shows the river and the city's surrounding geography including hills and plains. Each of the guard tower gates to the city and the guard towers built into the city wall are represented. A strapwork cartouche at bottom right.
Plantin was born in 1514 and died in 1589. Plantin left his native France for Belgium because of religious persecution. In Antwerp his work, at first as a bookbinder, began in 1549. He began the production and publishing of books as a printer in 1555. His establishment continued to work until 1867 and is now preserved as the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp. Plantin was the leading European printer of the second half of the 16th cent., and his books are admired for their accuracy and their typography. His equipment included types designed by Garamond and Granjon.
In VG+ to near excellent antiquarian condition, beautifully hand colored. A pleasing example.
See "Guicciardini Illustratus", Deys, Franssen, van Hezik, et. al. Publ. by Hess & De Graff, 2001, Netherlands - map is illustrated on pg. 249 - with descriptive annotations, dimensions, etc. This version only appears in the 2 Plantin printings (1582 & 1588).
Sheet measures c. 17 1/2" W x 13 1/4" H. Image measures c. 11 3/4" W x 9 1/4" H.
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| Item #: | 57244 |
| Item Title: | Ypres - Guicciardini |
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