An ornate engraved title page for a 17th-century atlas of the Netherlands. The title text is contained within a central oval cartouche decorated with Baroque scrolls. At the top center, an open book is held up by a winged putto on the left and a scholar or geographer on the right who points to a small map on the page. On the left side of the cartouche, sailing ships are visible at sea. At the bottom left, Neptune reclines with his trident beside a sea monster. At the bottom right, another muscular male figure reclines, representing the land or a river god. At the bottom center, a small heraldic shield displays a rampant lion (the Leo Belgicus the Lion of the Netherlands, a common allegorical representation of the region).

With Privilege for seven years

New

Dutch Chart-Book.

In which, more completely than ever before, are shown the

seventeen

XVII. NETHERLANDS.

As a whole, as well as each separately, with a description of the

same lands

in Amsterdam by Hendrick Doncker.

in the new Bruggesteegh at the Navigator's

Tools with Privilege.

Year 1671