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Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571 Uitgeest - 1638 Amsterdam), 'Rhenus Fluviorum Europae celeberrimus', Map of the Rhine, 1635, Copper engraving Technique: Copper engraving on Paper Inscription: Top left with decorative mileage indicator with putti holding the coats of arms of the areas through which the Rhine flows: Switzerland, Alsace, Rhine Palatinate, Mainz, Trier, Cologne as well as Cleves, Guelders, Utrecht and Holland. On the right with allegorical representations of the Rhine, Moselle and Meuse. On the upper right a cartouche with the artist's signature. Date: 1635 Description: The entire course of the Rhine from its source in Switzerland to its mouth in the North Sea is shown. Keywords: before 18th century, Baroque, Maps, Germany, Size: 47,5 cm x 100,3 cm, Plate: 41,8 cm x 95,4 cm, Depiction: 41,0 cm x 95,2 cm Condition: Good Condition. Still in good condition. With clear signs of use. The map has discoloured according to its age and is stained, in places with liquid stains at the sheet margins. With tears and missing parts especially at the upper sheet margins. The corners are bumped. Slightly torn to full page in the folds, provisionally restored in the centre.