Very rare
Italian and Swiss Alps by Nicolaas van Geelkercken. c. 1610-1650
This extremely rare map shows troop movements across the Alps.
The map was included in a very rare Janssonius atlas, 1632. At this location, Van der Krogt describes another map by Van Geelkercken: Alpinae seu Foederatae Rhaetiae.
Nicolaes van Geelkercken (c.1585-1656)
Cartographer, engraver and surveyor of Amsterdam and Friesland (1614-1616), Leiden (1616-1628) and Arnhem (1628-1656).
Rhaetiae & Veltolinae des.
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > Italy
Italian and Swiss Alps by Nicolaas van Geelkercken.
Title: Rhaetiae & Veltolinae des.
Nicol. Geelkerck exc.
With an inset map: Helvetia, Venetia et Mediolanum.
Date: c. 1610-1650.
Copper engraving, printed on heavy paper.
Image size: 385 x 540mm (15.16 x 21.26 inches).
Sheet size: 510 x 685mm (20.08 x 26.97 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured in outline; excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
Separate publication - from a French Composite Atlas, c. 1610-1650.
Side margins extended, with an old French handwritten explanatory text in the side margins.
This extremely rare map shows troop movements across the Alps.
The map was included in a very rare Janssonius atlas, 1632. At this location, Van der Krogt describes another map by Van Geelkercken: Alpinae seu Foederatae Rhaetiae.
Nicolaes van Geelkercken (c.1585-1656)
Cartographer, engraver and surveyor of Amsterdam and Friesland (1614-1616), Leiden (1616-1628) and Arnhem (1628-1656).