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Schenck's Hecatompolis… - Volume with 100 Engraved City Views - This historic volume with 100 engraved city or port views is Pieter Schenk's Hecatompolis, sive Totius orbis Terrarum Oppida Nobiliora Centum; Exquisite Collecta atque Eleganter Depicta . The work was published by Schenk in 1702 in Holland & West Frisia. The volume is bound in 19th century calf, double gilt rule to covers, spine elaborated decorated in gilt with Morocco lettering piece, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, edges speckled red. It includes a mezzotint portrait frontispiece of Frederick William I, engraved title-page and contents leaf. It includes 100 full page engravings of ports in many important cities around the world including London, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Algiers, New Amsterdam, and Havana. There are 65 plates of Europe, 12 of Asia, 13 of Africa, and 10 of the Americas. It is rare to find this work complete. Pieter Schenk the Elder [Petrus or Peter] (1660-1711) was a German cartographer, engraver, and publisher. He studied under Gerhard Valck. The two families would be active print sellers, globe makers, and publishers. Provenance: Name inked to title: Charles D. de Beaurieux(?); Family of William Henry Crocker I (1861-1937); gift to manservant, Louis Collaud (1893-1972) in 1932; bequest, to Nancy Meyer Kolmodin (proprietor of Friedrich’s Gifts & Antiques, Lafayette, CA) Paper Size: ~ 9 3/4” by 11 3/4” Paper Type or Special Features: Volume with 100 Engraved City Views