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Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments

NICOLAES VISSCHER I (1618-79)

Map of Paraiba and the region of Pernambuco, 1634 (João Pessoa [Paraiba], Paraiba, Brazil) 07°06ʹ54ʺS 34°51ʹ47ʺW

1635

Six columns of letterpress text on two separate pieces of paper, three colums to each piece, pasted together; mounted on paper (Mount Type A); gilt edges left, bottom and right | 17.3 x 53.0 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722084.b

Letterpress text which accompanies the view of Paraiba at RCIN 722084.a.

  • Nicolaes Visscher I (1618-79) (publisher) [bottom right:] A AMSTERDAM, / Chez Nicolas Iansz Visscher, demeurant a la ruë / de Calver-straet, L’an 1635,

    Daniel Bredan (active 1635) (translator) [bottom right, following on from key:] Traduit de Flamend en Françoys par Daniel Bredan Notaire.

    Subject(s)

    Navy-Netherlands
    Army-Netherlands
  • Watermark: Text: vase with a flower (tulip?), two letters within the vase. Mount: none.

    Condition: text worn around edges. Verso: old repairs; some pressure marks

  • 17.3 x 53.0 cm (image and sheet)

    34.8 x 54.6 cm (mount)

  • Printed title:​

    Eyghentlijcke / Af-beeldinghe der Stadt / PARAYBA / Met hare / Fortressen end Belegheringhe: / Midtsgaders; / Een kort en bondigh verhael van hare gheleghent- / heydt ende veroveringhen. // Naifve representation de la Ville PARAYBA, / & ses Forteresses, siege & prinse: avec une briefve descri- / ption de sa situation. [top centre, in rectangular cartouche]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Paraiba Dec.r 1634.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [left, ?in dal Pozzo type hand, ink:] A; [right, ?in dal Pozzo type hand, ink:] Ai.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Paraiba A Plan of the Town and Forts of Paraiba taken by the Dutch in December 1634; with a Map of the Coast of Brazil and a Description, by Visscher, 1635.

  • Subject(s)

    João Pessoa [Paraiba], Paraiba, Brazil (07°06ʹ54ʺS 34°51ʹ47ʺW)

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2961

Page revisions

  • 23 May 2024