COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
Author:
Weyerman, Jacob Christoph
Date:
1744
Short Title:
Flandria maximus et pulcherrimus Europae comitatus
Publisher:
Seutter, Matthaeus
Publisher Location:
Augsburg
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
20
Obj Width cm:
26
Scale 1:
150,000
Note:
Engraved detailed hand colored outline map of Flanders, western Belgium extends to the northern border of France and the southern tip of the Netherlands. Includes decorative cartouches. Shows political and administrative divisions, cities and towns, place names, rivers, forsts and mountains. Relief shown pictorially.
Country:
Belgium
Full Title:
Flandria maximus et pulcherrimus Europae comitatus : in suas ditiones accurate distinctus cura et sumtibus Matthaei Seutteri, S.C.M. Geogr. Au. Vind. Cu. Privi. S.R. I. Vicariat. A.C. Seutter del. T. C. Lotter, sc. (to accompany) Atlas minor praecipua orbis terrarum imperia.
List No:
8270.018
Series No:
20
Engraver or Printer:
Lotter, Tobias Conrad, 1717-1777
Engraver or Printer:
Seutter, Albrecht Carl, 1722-1762
Publication Author:
Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756
Publication Author:
Weyerman, Jacob Christoph
Pub Date:
1744
Pub Title:
Atlas minor praecipua orbis terrarum imperia, Regna et Provincias, Germaniae Potissimum, tabellis 50 exacte declineatis sistens usui militiae ducum ac peregrinantium maxime accomodatus opera Matthaei Seutteri, Sac. Caes. Maj. Geogr. Aug. Vind. Jacob Christoph Weyerman ... Cum Privileg: S.R.I. Vicariat. in part: Rheni, Franc: et Suev Juris. Martin Gottfried Crophius Sculps.
Pub Note:
Atlas minor: Special World empires, kingdoms and provinces, Germany, etc., with 59 copper plate outline and full color maps. World map bound upside down. Date of publication from: Tooley, R.V. Dict. of mapmakers. Drawn by Jacob Christoph Weyerman, engraved by Albrecht Seutter, Andrea Silbereisen, Tobias Lotter, Matthaeus Lainpacher and Martin Gottfried Crophius. Numbered manuscript index at the front written in French. Tucked into the atlas is a folded circular celestial map of the southern hemisphere. Includes a map of Genoa not listed in the index. Each map shows one or more cartouches with figures, animals etc. Bound in Bound in marble papered, half leather covers with no title on cover.
Pub List No:
8270.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
60
Pub Height cm:
24
Pub Width cm:
35
Image No:
8270018.jp2
Authors:
Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756; Weyerman, Jacob Christoph
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