Subject: Lunenberg, Germany
Period: 1730 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
22.4 x 19.6 inches
56.9 x 49.8 cm
This scarce sheet includes two superb views of Lunenberg -- a bird's-eye plan and a panoramic view, each with numbered keys identifying important locations. The bird's-eye plan shows the fortified city surrounded by canals and the Ilmenau River. A cartouche contains a description of the city, and the city's coat of arms is at top right.
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Condition: B
Full contemporary color on a bright sheet with light soiling and faint foxing. There is kraft tape on verso along the centerfold and edges of the sheet.