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Views of the Surroundings of Haarlem (Beschryvinge ende lof der stad Haerlem in Holland. In rijm bearbeyd: ende met veele oude ende nieuwe stucken buyten dicht uyt verscheyde kroniken, handvesten, brieven, memorien ofte geheugenissen ende diergelijke schriften verklaerd ende bevestigd)
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Views of the Surroundings of Haarlem (Beschryvinge ende lof der stad Haerlem in Holland. In rijm bearbeyd: ende met veele oude ende nieuwe stucken buyten dicht uyt verscheyde kroniken, handvesten, brieven, memorien ofte geheugenissen ende diergelijke schriften verklaerd ende bevestigd)

Medium

Vellum bound book with letterpress text with engraved and etched illustrations and a woodcut printer's mark, with a set of etchings tipped in at the back

Dimensions

7 11/16 × 6 3/16 × 1 7/8 in. (19.5 × 15.7 × 4.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Elkind Gift, 2015

Classification

Books|Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Willem Akersloot

1590–1690Dutch Republic

Trained in Haarlem; after a trip to Paris in 1620, he was back in his native Haarlem by 1624. Comment on works: copper engraver

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