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Straelen and Erkelenz. Fortification plans and descriptions
Title: Straelen / Stralenum / Erkelens / Erkelensa
Straelen is about 22 km northwest of Krefeld, Erkelenz is about 13 km south-west of Mönchengladbach.
Mapmaker: anonymous
From: Johannes W. Blaeu. Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae (…). 2 parts. 3rd edition. Amsterdam: Johannes W. Blaeu, 1652, part 2.
Both maps with the coat of arms of the Duchy of Guelders at the top left and the city coat of arms at the top right.
Both with scale sticks (Straelen 40 Roeden Veltmaet and Erkelenz Scale of 12 rods).
At Erkelens bottom left a section of the rampart. Texts, also on the back, in Latin.
The text on the back discusses the nearby (Dutch) places of Echt, Monfort, Kessel and Odilënberg.
Plate edges: each 16.1 x 23.5 cm. Sheet: 54.1 x 31.8 cm.
Condition: Excellent. In the right margin a minor false fold from paper production.
Seller in the Netherlands.