Paraiba and the region of Pernambuco, 1634

Eyghentlijcke / Af-beeldinghe der Stadt / PARAYBA / Met hare / Fortressen end Belegheringhe: / Midtsgaders; / Een kort en bondigh verhael van hare gheleghent- / heydt ende veroveringhen. //...

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.

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.

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