Boitet, R., e.a. Beschryving der stadt Delft.

Beschrijving

Delft, R. Boitet, 1729. Folio, copy on large paper, full vellum, good and complete copy. (24+804+(14) pag. Illustrated with 21 mostly folding or double-page plates, a.o. two plans of the city and a large profile view. The book has been skillfully rebacked with parchment underneath the original parchment. In this manner, the corners have also been recovered. With a heraldic crest on the inside of the front cover: ‘ab altissimo sunt mea vestimenta plus quam regia’. This is the family crest of the Belgian family Lely van Oudewater (van der).