F. DE WIT

Map of Chorographia Latina (Rome & Vicinity)
Atlas Maior 1690

Hand Colored • Original Engraving • Holland - 17th century
Unmatted • 13.75" x 17.88" image size • 15.00" x 18.75" outer size

Price: $687.50

Frederick De Wit was a prolific Dutch engraver and publisher, active in Amsterdam in the second half of the seventeenth century. He acquired a number of copperplates from the sale of the Blaeu and Jansson stocks to supplement his own plates, thus having a stock of about 400 maps. De Wit’s own maps are noted for their fine standard of engraving and were very much sought after by his contemporaries. The maps are invariably well-designed and most decorative.