Joan Blaeu - Toonneel der Steden van de Vereenighde
âToonneel der Steden van de Vereenighde Nederlandenâ, also called âJoanâs stedenboekâ. Illustrations of, among others, cities, castles and maps of, among others, Amsterdam and Leiden, in colour by cartographer Joan Blaeu. The front is provided with coats of arms in gold print.This first facsimile reprint of âToonneel der Stedenâ does full justice to the original edition with its artful professionalism, because of its fine six colour printing. The old cartography is brought back to life in this edition, in its full, realistic display.The book is of large format, 54.8 x 32.1 cm, and contains 46 maps, 8 engravings and 138 text pages. The maps give a very attractive, educational and colourful display of construction, outline and size of the pictured cities.Originally published by Joan Blaeu in . The reprint was made in . Read More