File:Guicciardini, Lodovico - Map of Amsterdam 1588.jpg

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Lodovico Guicciardini
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English: Engraved plan of the city of Amsterdam, Holland. Includes the canals and agricultural fields, and wicker flood control system. Also includes the coat of arms of Holland and Amsterdam. Text in Dutch. Published in Antwerp.
Date 1588; first edition 1581
Medium copper engraving print
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His best-known work, the Descrittione di tutti I Paesi Bassi was published in 1567 by the Antwerp publisher Willem Silvius. It was an influential account of the history and the arts of the Low Countries, accompanied by city maps by various leading engravers. It was a great success right from the start, and many editions, translations, extracts and adaptations have been released to this day.
In the first edition of the three original Italian publications of the Descrittione , Guicciardini describes the happy and prosperous Netherlands before the uprising against Spain. Only in the third Italian edition of 1588, published by Plantijn in Antwerp, does he show how the state of the country has gradually changed as a result of the war. This was the last edition published in Antwerp. In 1589 both Plantin and Guicciardini died. It would take until 1609 before a new edition was published in the northern Netherlands.

As new editions appeared, the number of illustrations increased, and several prints were replaced by new ones. The first four editions were mainly provided with woodcuts, the majority of which concerned the Southern Netherlands. In the later editions, only copper plates were used for an increasing number of engravings of cities and regions of the entire Netherlands.

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Source https://sanderusmaps.com/our-catalogue/antique-maps/europe/netherlands-cities/old-antique-bird-eye-view-plan-of-amsterdam-by-ludovico-guicciardini-26658
Other versions https://www.lot-art.com/auction-lots/Lodovico-Guicciardini-Map-of-Amsterdam-ca-1588/136-lodovico_guicciardini-20.5.20-revere

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