Identification title(s): map of the meuse from rotterdam to the north sea. Image of the maes from the city of rotterdam to the sea, with the nearby cities, and places, sands, drylands, and courses, as well as it is currently being navigated (title on object). Rotterodamum hollandiae urbs celeberrima et situ portibusque mercaturae opportunissima. Ao. 1665 (meuse map). Object type: picture card object number: rp-p-ao-13-5. Catalog reference: number of states known-1(2) note: see documentation and rp-p-1883-a-7005 and rp-p-ao-13-6. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, recto bottom right, stamped: lugt 195 collector's mark, verso bottom center, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: map of the maas from rotterdam (top right) to its mouth in the north sea (left). Bottom left neptune with a triton and other sea creatures. Bottom right the title cartouche with a female figure with the horn of plenty on the left and a river god on the right. Below that are two scale sticks: a common dutch mile; an hour of gaens. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: joost van geel, after own design by: joost van geel, publisher: jacob quack (mentioned on object), publisher: jan houwens (i) (possible), grantor of privilege: staten van holland (mentioned on object), supervision: jacob quack. Place of manufacture: rotterdam. Dating: 1666 - 1698. Physical features: etching and engraving; printed from four plates on four sheets. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process) / pasting. Dimensions: plate edge: h 499 mm (consists of four sheets glued together) × w 1429 mm (consists of four sheets glued together) ao. 1665'. Although the year 1665 is stated in the title, archival research shows that the map was not completed until 1666 (see documentation). This card consisted of (from top to bottom): - a title strip (printed from one plate); - a large cityscape of rotterdam (printed from six plates, see dome record for a virtually edited version); - a map of the meuse (printed from four plates) with left and right cityscapes of maassluis, delfshaven, delft, schiedam, den briel and vlaardingen (printed from three plates, two on each plate); - (possibly) a description of rotterdam in letterpress (at least four different versions of this are known). The map was initially published by jacob quack. In any case, jan houwens (i) edited another edition in 1698 (dated in the description of rotterdam, he may have published the map earlier with a different variant of the description). As far as can be determined, the only change that houwens made to the plates is 'jan houwens excudit', on the ship at the bottom right of the cityscape of rotterdam (see rp-p-1894-a-18354. F). See also rp-p-1894-a-18354, rp-p-ob-67. 676, rp-p-ao-11-10, rp-p-ob-67. 677, rp-p-ob-67. 678, rp-p-ob-67. 679, rp-p-ao-11-56, rp-p-ob-67. 680, rp-p-ob-67. 681, rp-p-ao-13-46, rp-p-ao-13-50, rp-p-ao-13-58 and rp-p-ao-13-68. B. For a later state of the current print see rp-p-1883-a-7005 and rp-p-ao-13-6. See documentation for more information. Subject: what: maps of separate countries or regionsmaps of cities'cornucopia', horn of plentytriton(s). Neptune as lord of the seariver gods. Where: rotterdam. Delfshaven. Schiedam. Vlaardingen. Maassluis. Geervliet. Brielle. North sea. Old maas. New maas. Acquisition: transfer of management 1887. Date: between 1666 and 1698.
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