Very Rare Zoomorphic Map

"Nova Ditionis Bernensis Tabula Geographica Ursi Effigie Delineata / Ursus Nuithonicus",

This zoomorphic map of western Switzerland was created by Johann Jakob Störcklein after a drawing by Louis Francosi Boizot. The map depicts the Canton of Bern in the shape of a bear, holding a scepter and a sword in its paws. The map extends to Lake Leman in the southwest to Mandach in the northeast. A compass rose sits on the bear's hind leg. A rare cartographic curiosity.

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Condition: B+

A nice impression on watermarked paper with light soiling, a vertical crease that has been pressed flat, and a tiny tear at top right that has been closed on verso with archival materials.