"Prospect und Grund-Riss der Kayserl Residenz-Stadt Wien…", Homann, Johann Baptist
Subject: Vienna, Austria
Period: 1720 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
22.4 x 19 inches
56.9 x 48.3 cm
An attractive bird's-eye plan of old Vienna and its fortifications and the surrounding suburbs with a detailed panorama below. The map has a numbered and lettered key to 32 locations in a decorative cartouche held aloft by an eagle and three putti. Beautiful baroque engravings of soldiers, allegorical figures, Roman solider, and weaponry flank the view of the city. Blank verso.
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Condition: B+
Lovely example with very early, dark impression and fine color on a very thick sheet with full margins. Some lightness along centerfold that is not disturbing.
