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Author: Hessel Gerritsz (*1581 - †1632)
was a Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher. He was one of the notable
figures in the Golden Age of Dutch/Netherlandish cartography
Hugo Allard (*1645 - †1691), Carel Allard (son) (*1648 - †1709)
The Allard family ran an active publishing business in Amsterdam in the latter half of the seventeenth century.
Map title: LEO BELGICUS, Amsterdam, 1665
Description: Rare Hugo Allardt edition of Hessel Gerritsz's Leo Belgicus, one of the most iconic cartographic images of the 17th Century. The Seventeen Provinces mapped as a lion was first illustrated by the Austrian nobleman Baron Michael Aitzinger in 1583. This image of 'Leo Belgicus' proved very popular, with a number of other maps of the Low Countries in the shape of a lion (Leo Belgicus and Leo Hollandicus) published over the next 50 years.