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Zustand: Good. Etching. 17.4 x 27.2cm. Mounted on a support sheet.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:42922003:"The full views are engraved by T. Doesburgh and the costume views are by A. Meijer."--StokesThe descriptive table of plates, in Latin and Dutch, pages [3]-[13], is signed: Ludolph Smids, M.D., Groningensis"Since almost three-fourths of the plates bear the 'cum privilegio' it seems likely that the work was issued before the expiration of the privilege in 1698, rather than afterwards."--List of geographical atlases in the Library of CongressThe added engraved title page and 100 views are printed across facing leaves, folded at the inner margin.Engraved by Thomas Doesburgh (active between 1683 and 1714) for Carolus Allard's for his Orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitus.before the coast. This rare work was published in-between 1683, when Allard was granted the privilege mentioned on the plate, and before 1702, when Schenk copied the view for his "Hecatompolis".The exact date of publication is not known, 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."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 subject matter.Carel Allard is considered to be the first compiler of a townbook 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.Reference: Krogt, Atlantes Neerlandici, vol.IV-1, 453 . Provenance : From the collection of Frederic Gale Ruffner, Jr., the founder of Gale Research, Detroit.