Netherlands, België, Luxemburg; WJ Blaeu - Novus XVII Inferioris Germaniae Provinciarum Typus - 1635

Centrefold is as issued. Wide margins. At the bottom of the centrefold is a split with light damage around it, this is fixed with a strip of (old) paper on the back. Light brown discolouration but shown evenly. Verso: French text with page signature AAAA. Sturdy paper. Map of the 17 provinces. The west on the top. The title cartouche is located at the top right. Bottom right: cartouche with scale sticks and address of Willem Janszoon, so before the change of address in Willem Blaeu. Cartouche with indication of the cities and villages per region and a legend of the used symbols is on the left. In the North Sea, there is a 32-part compass rose, sea monster and lots of ships. Old coloured copper engraving, published in Amsterdam by Willem Jansz. Blaeu in 1635 in 'Le Theatre du Monde. ' Engraver: Josua vanden Ende.