Bidspirit auction | Herdervicia (Harderwijk, Guéldria). Colónia, c.

Herdervicia (Harderwijk, Guéldria). Colónia, c. 1598. - [HARDERWIJK (GELDERLAND, NETHERLANDS)]. Herdervicia. Georg BRAUN; Frans HOGENBERG (eds.). [Cologne, Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg, c. 1598]. Engraving; 425 × 535 mm (sheet). Plate with two views of the town of Harderwijk on the former Zuiderzee. In the upper register, a landward view of the urban enclosure, densely built and protected by robust ramparts and moats, with gates, bridges and bastions; the large parish churches and the line of roofs and turrets stand out. In the lower register, a seaward view from the anchorage, with a jetty and piles projecting into the water, boats and sailing ships in front of the fortified waterfront; the mass of the main church and the tall bell tower dominates. Heraldic shields flank the upper view; title cartouches identify both perspectives. Text printed on the verso in Latin under the heading HERDERVVICIA, with historical and ecclesiastical notes on the town; pagination “29”, from volume V of the Civitates orbis terrarum.