34. Map "Transylvania, Moldova, Wallachia and Bulgaria", by Matthäus Seutter, Augsburg, approx. 1735
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34. Map "Transylvania, Moldova, Wallachia and Bulgaria", by Matthäus Seutter, Augsburg, approx. 1735
Starting price:
EUR 200
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EUR 500
copper engraving, laid paper, hand-coloured, 51 x 60 cm
Research information
Atlas Novus edition.
The board presents the "Map of Transylvania, Moldavia, Wallachia, and Bulgaria, with a new and precise delimitation..." with the representation of the war zone and military operations in the illustrated area. Matthäus Seutter the Old, published his first "Atlas Geographicus" in 1720 and added its contents in the subsequent editions published under the title "Atlas Novus". His son, Georg Matthaus Seutter, took over his business. At a certain moment, the family business was sold to Tobias Conrad Lotter and Johann Michael Probst. The board contains two decorative cartouches, one comprising the title, positioned in the upper right part, the other including the explanation of the symbols on the map, as well as four shields which symbolically represent Wallachia, Transylvania, Moldavia and Bulgaria.
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