Cartographer:
QUAD, Matthias
Title:
LEODIEN: SIS EPISCOPAT.
Stock Code:
5381
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Uncoloured
Atlas:
Fascilus Geographicus
Size: (W x H):
26cm x 20cm
10 inches x 8 inches
Date:
1608
Price:
£175
Map of an area roughly corresponding to modern day eastern Belgium. Oval portrait at top right, text in Latin at lower left, title at lower right. Matthaus Quad was a German cartographer based in Cologne, which, at the time was the centre for German cartography. This map is from his Fascilus Geographicus. It was printed by Johannes Bussemacher.
Very good condition. Some rivers, placenames and forests have been highlighted in green.