Antique Map of Brussels (1690) — Frederik de Wit, Brvxella City Plan gift for her The Western Roman World —

The Western Roman World — 1742

the map combines scientific precision with elegant neoclassical design

and art met upon the printed page

this map appeared in Black’s General Atlas of the World

Published in London by Bakewell and her son Thomas Bakewell

Antique Map of Brussels (1690) — Frederik de Wit, Brvxella City Plan gift for her The Western Roman World —This extraordinary engraved city plan of Brussels, titled Brvxella, was created around 1690 by the renowned Dutch cartographer Frederik de Wit in Amsterdam. It is among the most beautifully executed depictions of Brussels in the late 17th century, a time when the city flourished as a vital seat of commerce, architecture, and culture within the Spanish Netherlands. Rendered in fine black line engraving, the map reveals a meticulously detailed urban