After Lodovico Guicciardini (1521-1589), RUINARUM ARCIS BRIT...

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After Lodovico Guicciardini (1521-1589), RUINARUM ARCIS BRITANNICAE APUD BATSVOS TYPUS, an uncoloured engraved map on laid paper depicting the ruin of Arx Britanica, a Roman fort at the mouth of the Rhine near Katwijk in the Netherlands, probably published circa 1612, the plan of the fort to the left with the sea to the front and mountains behind, the explanatory cartouches surrounded by figures building boats, blank verso, 23.2cm x 32.2cm (the sheet 31.5cm x 39.5cm), unframed, with PLAN DE LA FORTRESSE DE MONGAST after Nicolas de Fer (1646-1720), an uncoloured engraved plan on laid paper, blank verso, 22cm x 27cm (the sheet 28cm x 38.5cm), unframed (2) (at fault)