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A fine panorama of Amsterdam engraved by Johann Friedrich Leopold (signed at bottom right) after F.B. Werner. At top two cherubs with a key to 40 point of interest. Below with a text about the history of the town in Latin and German. Published in Augsburg in 1730
€ 450,00
A fine panorama of Amsterdam engraved by Johann Friedrich Leopold (signed at bottom right) after F.B. Werner. At top two cherubs with a key to 40 point of interest. Below with a text about the history of the town in Latin and German. Published in Augsburg in 1730
Very interesting engraved map compiled by Johann Jakob von Bors and Franz J. Heger, dissected and mounted on linen, showing the mail routes with distances measured in hours on horseback and hours with the stagecoach. The large map extending west to east from Paris to Cracau and north to south from Königsberg to upper Italy with the nice depiction of the important road from Venice to Turin via Milan, Bergamo and Brescia. Very decorative allegorical cartouches and lower left portions of map, key in French and German. Original colors in outline. In nice condition to be a separate publishing used in traveling. Published at Homann Heir in 1764 (dated). First Edition.
The history of this rare map is fascinating. It was based on a manuscript map by Jacques Surhon (1548), which for security reasons was not published. In 1572, Ortelius applied for privilege to publish the map, but it was never granted. The plate wasengraved anyway, and some prints (perhaps 100) made from it appeared in the 1573-1575 editions of Theatrum. That plate was then destroyed and a new one engraved, with privilege, in 1579, while Antwerpen was independent for a brief time. Van den Broeck
Miniature map of Liege area centered on Huy. From “Theatro del Mondo” the famous plagiarised version of Ortelius’ pocket atlas published specifically for the Italian market by Pietro Marchetti. First printed in Brescia this is the really rare Venetian edition of 1667. [cod.194/15]
Impressive map of Belgium in 4 sheets joined from the “Historie militaire du Prince Eugene de Savoye” by J. Dumont published in 1729. [cod.1275/15]
