"Prospect und Grund-Riss der Kayserl. Residenz-Stadt Wien mit Negst Anligender Gegend und Neuen Linien umb die Vorstadt", Homann, Johann Baptist

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. At bottom is a beautiful view of Vienna on a drape held by two soldiers. To the left is a river god holding a vessel spilling the waters of the Danube. To the right is Cybele, the goddess of towns, wearing a turreted headpiece, sitting next to the coat of arms of Vienna, and surrounded by weaponry.

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Condition: B

Full contemporary color in the map and later color in the view and decorative elements. There are light damp stains along the edges of the sheet, and a 2" tear at top center has been repaired with non-archival tape on verso. Trimmed at bottom by the bookbinder with partial loss of the neatline.