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Description
Engraved by A.Meijer for Carolus Allard's for his Orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitus. This rare work was published between 1683, when Allard was granted the privilege mentioned on the plate, and before 1702, Schenk copied the view for his "Hecatompolis."
The exact publication date is unknown; the British Museum dates its copy to 1680, the Library of Congress dates its copy to 1698, and the New York Public Library dates its copy circa 1700.
First state, later re-published by Pieter van der Aa.
"Orbis habitabilis" is a rare and interesting book illustrating towns and costumes. In many cases, a plate of a town is followed by another showing the costume of the inhabitants. The images are excellent in design and execution and wide-ranging and comprehensive in the subject matter.
Carel Allard is considered the first compiler of a town book to couple the plates this way. Orbis habitabilis comprises 28 views of European towns (including four costumes), 24 Asian towns (including 4 costumes), 24 African towns (including 6 costumes), and 24 American towns (including 8 costumes). The text for the book is in Latin by Ludolph Smids, a Groningen doctor and antiquary who settled in Amsterdam in 1685.
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