Catalog Archive
Auction 203, Lot 449

"[Carte de l'Empire d' Allemagne avec les Etats de Boheme] Dediee et Presentee a S.E. Monseigneur J.D. Almoreau Tiepolo Ambassadeur Ordinaire pour la Serenissime Republique de Venise...", Rizzi-Zannoni, Giovanni Antonio

Subject: Western Europe

Period: 1762 (published)

Publication: Atlas Moderne

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.9 x 11.9 inches
45.5 x 30.2 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

This is the northwestern sheet of a 4-sheet map of the German Empire, focusing on western Germany, the Low Countries, and part of England. The map is densely engraved with tiny towns, political boundaries, rivers, and forests, and includes a dedication cartouche to the Ambassador to the Republic of Venice.

References:

Condition: B+

A nice impression with contemporary color, light soiling, a faint dampstain along the centerfold at bottom, and a few small worm holes in the bottom margin.

Estimate: $80 - $95

Sold for: $60

Closed on 4/23/2025

Archived