"Suecia Norvegia Russia Moscovitica", Scherer, Heinrich
Subject: Northern Europe
Period: 1699 (dated)
Publication: Atlas Novus
Color: Hand Color
Size:
13.8 x 9.2 inches
35.1 x 23.4 cm
This handsome map covers from the British Isles and Iceland through Scandinavia, the Baltic, and the European parts of Russia. It is adorned with a lovely title cartouche, a sailing ship, and a scales cartouche topped with the symbol of the Jesuits. Heinrich Scherer, professor of mathematics at Munich, was a devout Jesuit whose work emphasized the Catholic hierarchy and the spread of Jesuit missions throughout the world.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.SHER-1a #79.
Condition: A
A crisp impression, issued folding with remnants of mounting tape in the top margin, well away from the map.
