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Finely engraved wall map of the Rijnland water district, coloured by a contemporary hand
3. [DOU, Jan Jansz., Steven van BROECK HU YSEN
and Melchior BOL STR A]. ‘T Hooge Heemraedschap van
Rhynland.
[Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion], 1746. Very large engraved wall map
of the Rijnland water district in 12 map sheets and 1 title-sheet,
the title-sheet divided into 3 strips, the whole mounted on cloth
(measuring 185 × 169 cm as assembled). Coloured and shellacked
by a contemporary hand, with gold for the lettering of the title
and the coat of arms. With the water board’s coat of arms, and
two decorative cartouches listing the members of the water board
in 1687 and 1746. Framed. € 7500
Third state (extensively corrected and updated) of a finely engraved wall
map of the Rijnland water district in Holland, including the cities of
Amsterdam, Haarlem, Leiden and (on the district border) The Hague.
At a scale of about 1 : 30 000 it shows the entire district and some surrounding
land in great detail, with the fortifications and (outside the
cities) the individual houses, windmills, churches and other buildings
shown, besides the roads, paths, waterways, and the individual parcels
of land in the polders. In 1745 the Rijnland waterboard ordered the
surveyor Melchior Bolstra to correct the outdated map of Dou and
Broeckhuysen of 1647, which had been slightly revised in 1687. The
results of Bolstra’s new survey were engraved on the original plates by
David Coster.
Evenly browned, except along the edges of the sheets, and some small
smudges. Good copy of a large wall map of the Rijnland water district.
Donkersloot-De Vrij 715.