Lot n° 972

Carte nouvelle de la Comté de Hollande et de la Seigneurie d'Utrecht.  Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, after 1726, 40 plates, 41 x 30,5 cm, printed 2 by 2 on 20 leaves, (single marg. waterstain, sl. soiled margins). Very good copy. 

Estimation : 3000 / 4000
Adjudication : 3000 €
Description
2nd Covens & Mortier edition (after the dike rupture of 1726) of this huge wall map in 40 pls, when mounted together, 162 x 299 cm ! Splendid impressive cartouches showing coats-of-arms, Neptunus and on each side of the main cartouche a fisherman and a landman with their attributes, fish, duck, plants, basket, net etc. 
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