A copper engraving depicting Europe adorns the title page of this town atlas issued by Dutch publisher Frederick de Wit. De Wit’s atlas includes older town maps from the publishing houses of Blaeu and Janssonius. In addition to Oldenburg, this book of Europe’s most illustrious towns and cities contains maps of Osnabrück, Lüneburg and Hildesheim – all of them on the territory of modern Lower Saxony.