LAND YACHT ('ZEILWAGEN') -- "CURRUS VELIFERI illustrissimi Principis Mauritii volitantes...

LAND YACHT ('ZEILWAGEN') -- "CURRUS VELIFERI illustrissimi Principis Mauritii volitantes duabus horus Scheverina Pettemum ad quatuordecim milliaria Hollandica, quæ singula iustæ horæ iter excedunt". (Amst.), C.J. Visscher, (1652). Engr. on 3 sheets (annotated 'a', 'b' and 'c') which can be conjoined to form one large , by G. Swanenburch after J. de Gheyn, w. 2 ornate cartouches in the left upper and right upper side, the left w. explanatory text in Latin, the right in French, and an inscription w. dedication by J. de Gheyn to Prince Maurits in the lower section of plate 'b'. 547 x 1260 (=3 x 420) mm. (Splits in places in blank margins at the beginning of hardly visible horizontal folds, a bit age-toned but in excellent condition).