1 map on 20 sheets 156x216, 16 sheets of map each 40x54, with 4 sheets index beneath map. Topographic map of lower Austria by Georg Matthaus Vischer an Austrian topographer, cartographer, engraver and parish priest in Leonstein (Upper Austria) and Vienna. He is regarded as one of the most important Austrian cartographers and topographers of his time. His map was one of the most important maps of lower Austria, which was copied by N. Visscher, Homann, Seutter and others the next 100 years. This 1697 issue is the second edition, after the first edition of 1670. The name of Georg Matthäus Vischer and Melchior Küsel were in this edition removed from the panel and replaced by the name of Jacob Hoffmann and Jacob Hermundt, although the two had their improvements made by Vischer's handwritten corrections. Several changes were made to the to the view panels in the second edition. Map shows administrative boundaries, cities, towns, landmarks, place names, rivers and mountains. Relief shown pictorially. Includes decorative cartouches, Australian insignia and notes.
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1 map on 20 sheets 156x216, 16 sheets of map each 40x54, with 4 sheets index beneath map. Topographic map of lower Austria by Georg Matthaus Vischer an Austrian topographer, cartographer, engraver and parish priest in Leonstein (Upper Austria) and Vienna. He is regarded as one of the most important Austrian cartographers and topographers of his time. His map was one of the most important maps of lower Austria, which was copied by N. Visscher, Homann, Seutter and others the next 100 years. This 1697 issue is the second edition, after the first edition of 1670. The name of Georg Matthäus Vischer and Melchior Küsel were in this edition removed from the panel and replaced by the name of Jacob Hoffmann and Jacob Hermundt, although the two had their improvements made by Vischer's handwritten corrections. Several changes were made to the to the view panels in the second edition. Map shows administrative boundaries, cities, towns, landmarks, place names, rivers and mountains. Relief shown pictorially. Includes decorative cartouches, Australian insignia and notes.
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