Name: Comitatus Flandria.
Brand: Paulus Swaen
SKU: 46471
Price: 3500 USD
Availability: InStock

Lot #: 48908

Comitatus Flandria.

Maker:		VERBIEST, P.
Date:		Antwerp, 1637
Colored:		Colored.
Size:		420 x 555 mm / 16.5 x 21.9 inches
Condition:		Four margins added, with reinstatement of neat line, a few holes and missing parts along borders reinstated and redrawn. Two additional vertical folds reinforced with old paper straps, slightly browning along folds. Without bottom border.

$3500 / ≈ €3060

This item is available for immediate sale!

Questions before Buying ?
We are happy to answer your questions.

Ask a Question about this item

My Collection +
Add this or any of your favorite items in one place.
If you want to save the items permanently, you have to sign in
or create an account first.

Add/Remove

See My Collection+

H!BCoR***

GRADING
Historical
Beauty
Condition
Rarity
This item has been graded according to our grading system. Read more

Description
FAQ - Guarantee - Shipping - More Info

Description

Second state of this scarce Carte-a-Figures of Flanders, published by Peter Verbiest in Antwerp decorated with 3 side panels without bottom border (variant of the second state, lacking bottom border). Verbiest used the geographical content of the 1621 map of Claes Jansz Visscher, but on the latter, more geographical information was added to Brabant. The map includes City Views of Ghent, Brugge, Dunkirk, Ostend, Sluis, the lower panel is missing. On both sides borders costumed figures depict men and women in their country's costume according to their social status. Lower right corner a cartouche contains the imprint, the date of issue and a bar scale. In the upper right corner Pieter Verbiest is mentioned as engraver. The Verbiest family was a family of mapmakers, printers and publishers. The family fled after the fall of Antwerp to the Netherlands, but returned in 1609 for the duration of the twelve-year truce. The family set up shop in Antwerp at Op de lombaerde vest onder het uithangbord Americ sign, the only map publishing firm to return to the south and publishing.
The patriarch of the family, Pieter Verbiest (ca. 1560-1643) had two sons, among whom Peter II (1607-1669) was the most prolific.
It is not always clear which of them was the author of a particular map.
Their cartographic production mainly consisted of loose folio maps published as separate publications. P. Verbiest published an atlas of the Netherlands the" Novus Tabularum Geographicorum Belgicae" (Antwerp, 1636), a pocket atlas of which two more editions were published later (1644 and 1652).
Only one copy of each of these atlases is known, the firm never published a standard folio atlas.

Reference: Schilder/Stopp, MCN VI, 62.2a

FAQ - Guarantee - Shipping

Buying in the BuyNow Gallery
This item is available for immediate purchase when a "Add to Cart" or "Inquire Now" button is shown.
Items are sold in the EU margin scheme
Payments are accepted in Euros or US Dollars.

Authenticity Guarantee
We provide professional descriptions, condition report (based on 45 years experience in the map business)
Paulus Swaen warrants the authenticity of our items and a certificate of authenticity is provided for each acquired lot.

Condition and Coloring
We indicate the condition of each item and use our unnique HiBCoR grading system in which four key items determine a map's value: Historical Importance, Beauty, Condition/Coloring and Rarity.

Color Key
We offer many maps in their original black and white condition. We do not systematically color-up maps to make them more sellable to the general public or buyer.
Copper engraved or wood block maps are always hand colored. Maps were initially colored for aesthetic reasons and to improve readability. Nowadays, it is becoming a challenge to find maps in their original colors and are therefor more valuable.
We use the following color keys in our catalog:
Original colors; mean that the colors have been applied around the time the map was issued.
Original o/l colors; means the map has only the borders colored at the time of publication.
Colored; If the colors are applied recently or at the end of the 20th century.
Read more about coloring of maps [+]

Shipping fee
A flat shipping fee of $ 30 is added to each shipment by DHL within Europe and North America. This covers : International Priority shipping, Packing and Insurance (up to the invoice amount).
Shipments to Asia are $ 40 and rest of the world $50
We charge only one shipping fee when you have been successful on multiple items or when you want to combine gallery and auction purchases.
Read more about invoicing and shipping

FAQ
Please have a look for more information about buying in the BuyNow gallery
Many answers are likely to find in the general help section.

My Collection+
With My Collection+ you can collect all your favorite items in one place. It is free, and anyone can create his or her virtual collection.
Unless you are logged in, the item is only saved for this session. You have to be registed and logged-in if you want to save this item permanently to My Collection+. Read More[+]
Register here, it is free and you do not need a credit card.
Add this item to My Collection+ or click the following link to see My Collection+.

Digital Image Download
Paulus Swaen maintains an archive of most of our high-resolution rare maps, prints, posters and medieval manuscript scans. We make them freely available for download and study. Read more about free image download	Click the image for a free small image download. Comitatus Flandria.

YOUR RIGHT TO CANCEL THE PURCHASE OF A LOT
In accordance with the EU Consumer Rights Directive and habitually reside in the European Union you have the right to cancel the contract for the purchase of a lot, without giving any reason.
The cancellation period will expire 14 calendar days from the day after the date on which you or a third party (other than the carrier and indicated by you) acquires, physical possession of the lot. To exercise the right to cancel you must inform Paulus Swaen Inc, of your decision to cancel this contract by a clear statement (e.g. a letter sent by post, or e-mail.
To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.