United Provinces Netherlands Holland Belgium 1702 de L'Isle decorative map

Carte des Provinces Unies des Pays Bas.

Old Maps, 18th Century Maps, Europe, Low Countries, Netherlands, United Provinces, Holland, Brabant, Flanders)

Issued 1702, Paris, by de L'Isle.

Decorative early 18th century folio sheet map with original outline hand color.

Ornate scroll cartouche top left topped by Poseidon and Neptune, gargoyle caryatids at sides, putti fishing with nets on either side of a sea monster at bottom.

Some old light staining along top 3" of centerfold which has been backed with old paper to strengthen and repair short tear, map still displays well.

Original center fold as issued.

Sheet measures c. 19 7/8" H x 27" W.

Van der Heijden, Old Maps of the Netherlands, cf 253 (but not noting this 1702 version).

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, v. 1,pp. 353-5.

[R35775].