"Territorium Norimbergense", Blaeu, Willem
Subject: Southern Germany
Period: 1643 (circa)
Publication: Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.6 x 14.4 inches
47.2 x 36.6 cm
Centered on Nuremberg with the surrounding countryside pictorially presented. The map is decorated with a large title cartouche surmounted by the trumpeting, female representation of Fame. The cartouche is composed of engraving and book binding tools representing the major trade of Nuremberg. At right is a large inset plan of the city with a key to the major buildings. French text on verso, published between 1643-50.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #2580:2.
Condition: A
A nice impression with full contemporary color on a bright sheet with a bit of printer's ink reside and an archivally repaired tear in the right blank margin.
