Subject: Southwestern Poland
Period: 1640 (circa)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.7 x 15 inches
50 x 38.1 cm
Decorative map centered on Breslaw (Wroclaw) and bordered by Brandenburg and Bohemia. The map is embellished with the elaborate coat of arms of Silesia and a figurative title cartouche festooned with birds, animals, a nymph, and a satyr. Based on the surveys of Martin Helwig. Latin text on verso, published between 1640-55.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #2900:2.
Condition: A
A crisp impression with full contemporary color on a watermarked sheet with a printer's crease to the right of the title cartouche and another running alongside the centerfold. There is light toning and soiling along the edges of the sheet.