An early 17th century plan of Leeuwarden

FEDDES, Pieter.

Leeuwerden. De Hooftstadt van Vrieslandt. Harlingensis Fecit et excudebat 1622.
Harlingen: Feddes, c.1622. 420 x 515mm.

Extra margins added on all sides, otherwise a very fine example.

A rare plan of Leeuwarden, Friesland, engraved and published by Feddes (1586-c.1623) under his pseudonym 'Harlingensis'.
It shows the defences of the city considerably improved since the Braun and Hogenberg plan dated 1580. That year Friesland rebelled against the Spanish Hapsburgs, joining the Eighty Years' War.


Stock ID : 22688