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The perspective plan of Leiden, 1670

Lugduni Batavorum vulgo Leyden sic ultimo amplificati delineatio. F. de Wit. Amstelodami, 1670?


1 pl. 51х59 cm. Copperplate engraving.
Oriented: North-east.
Scale: [1:5 000].
Shelfmark: К 0-Евпл 2/345

It is a perspective plan of Leiden, compiled and published by the Dutch map-maker and publisher Frederick de Wit. The plan shows fortifications, built-up areas, the town gates, individual buildings, canals, bridges, mills, gardens, and roads.
The plan includes an index within a decorative cartouche with the coat-of-arms of Amsterdam.
 
 
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