443. Cruquius (Nicolaas & Jacobus) t Hooge Heemraedschap van Delfant..., final edition, 25 fine engraved double-page sheets, 1 beautifully hand-coloured and heightened with gold, images c.515 x 590mm on sheets c.630 x 540mm, all crisp and clean, bound in handsome contemporary panelled mottled calf , covers with central gilt lettering ‘Delfland’, these enclosed in 2 sets of wide roll-tool gilt filets, the inner set with floral corner-pieces, spine in compartments with rich gilt decoration, rubbed, folio, Delft, 1712.
est. £4000 – £6000
A sumptuous copy of this important cartographic work .
The Kruikius brothers were both surveyors, Nicolas being supervisor of sluices and dams, This comprehensive and stunning survey of Delftland includes engraved vignettes of gardens, houses, orchards, bee-keeping and dams, all of which are after Arnold Houbraken.