View of the city of Amsterdam, taken from the west. On the left-hand side in the foreground is: Bast drawing the city. Next to him on the ground is his cloak and sword. Further away in a meadow with several cows, a farmer's wife is walking with a milking yoke on her shoulders. Below the artist on the ground: P. bast. F. et excudi. 1601. On the right-hand side page, in the foreground, we see two gentlemen talking to a lady, while a boy comes running towards them. Further away, a meadow with cows, one of which is being milked by a farmer's wife. In the middle in the air (partly on the left and partly on the right page) two angels holding a lambel on which is written: Amstelodamvm: In the l.b: of the left and in the r.b: of the right page a cartouche with the engraver's dedication to the Amsterdam magistrate and the admiralty. Beneath the cartouches, the arms of Amsterdam and Holland, View of the city of Amsterdam, taken from the west., print maker: Pieter Bast, publisher: Pieter Bast, 15