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SUMMARY
Fifty-two profiles of towns in the Northern Netherlands
Besides the well-known folio editions of Guicciardini's Descrittione
di tutti i Paesi Bassi [.. J (see Henk Deys et al., 2001),
in I6I3 there appeared an oblong edition by the Arnhem publisher
Johannes Janssonius. In this book about a hundred
profiles had been inserted, including fifty-two views of towns
in the Northern Netherlands, which were engraved by Pieter
van den Keere, all being copies of older views.
Nine views were copied from the borders of the large wallmap
of the Netherlands by Willem Jansz. Blaeu of I6O8, ten
from the borders of the map of Holland by Pieter van der
Keere of I6l0, six from the borders of the map of Gelderland
by Johannes Janssonius andjodocus Hondius of about 1612,
and five from the town-book by Georg Braun and Frans
Hogenberg. The Frisian towns of Franeker and Harlingen
were respectively copied from the border of the map of
Friesland of I6l0 by Pieter van den Keere and from a profile
by Robert de Baudois respectively.
Of the other towns only bird's-eye views exist. It appears that
the profiles were constructed from these views by taking an
imaginary lower view-point. In this way ten profiles were engraved
from the plans in the folio editions of Guicciardini and
three from the plans in the town-book by Braun and Hogenberg.
The profile of Breda was composed in the same way
from its oldest town plan.
Lastly, there are six representations of towns in the neighbourhood
of Utrecht which were made by an unknown engraver.
The profile of Amersfoort is a copy of the view by
Braun and Hogenberg, while the representations of the other
five towns are for the greater part imaginary.
In the large diagram are successively noted the page numbers
of the views in the various editions, the direction from where
the town was drawn, and the map which served as a model
for the view.
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