Beschrijving:

Antique map of Belgium. A coloured copper-engraving Pieter Mortier(1661-1711) was a map publisher and mapseller of Amsterdam, who worked in connection with Jaillot, publishing atlases, maps and charts, made by Sanson, de Fer and De Wit amoungst others. Pieter was probably trained in the bookselling business in Paris and his brother David spent many years in England; in fact, he acquired British nationality and died there in about 1728. After Mortier's death in 1711 his widow continued the bussiness until their son, Cornelis, was old enough to take over the business and in 1721 went in partnership with Jean Covens. They continued to publish as Covens and Mortier , mainly reprints of great maps.