Londinum Celeberrimum Angliae Emporium. London
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With the imprint of Rombout Vanden Hoeye in the lower right corner this is a finely engraved and scarce example of a classic pre-fire London panorama. Rombout (1622-1671) was the son of Francois (c.1590-1636) and both were printers, publishers, engravers and map sellers of Amsterdam. The title is set across the top of the plate and a further title in a banderole appears between the royal arms and the arms of the City of London. The panorama itself extends from Whitehall in the west to St Katharine's dock in the east. A numbered key identifies 43 buildings and locations of note and appears beneath the map in the lower right corner. Good detail of Southwark including Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, not always identified, is also shown. Verse in Latin, Dutch and French is also given below the panorama. Minor restoration to old folds and marginal tears, with the edges reinforced, nevertheless a good example of this fine record of early seventeenth-century London, based on Mattheus Merian's, recently published prototype view.
region: London Maps & Plans
mapmaker:
R.Vanden Hoeye
place and date of publication:
Amsterdam c. 1638
medium and colour:
copperplate, Uncoloured
ref:
34489
size in cms: 50.5 x 40 Price: £ 4950 |
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