Stock# 76125
Description
Detailed birdseye view of the town of Elblag in Northern Poland.
Fine aerial prospect of the fortified city, ribbon cartouche with costumed figures in the foreground.
Pieter van der Aa Biography
Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was a Dutch mapmaker and publisher who printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated books, but is best known for his voluminous output of maps and atlases. Van der Aa was born to a German stonecutter from Holstein. Interestingly, all three van der Aa sons came to be involved in the printing business. Hildebrand was a copper engraver and Boudewyn was a printer.