This large map on two sheets covers much of present-day Latvia in fine detail, extending to show part of northern Lithuania as well. It centers on Riga and spans from Libau (Liepaja) and Memel (Klaipeda) on the Baltic coast east to part of Livonia and Duhnaburg (Daugavpils). Political divisions, towns and cities, rivers, lakes, and forests are located. A small inset on the eastern sheet shows more of the Duchy of Semigallia. A key identifies various types of towns and cities and a Sunday prayer in the now-extinct Curonian language appears at bottom left. The title cartouche on the eastern sheet includes a coat of arms for the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a fisherman, a dense wood, and a bear attacking a deer. The cartouche on the western sheet features two figures in local dress. Cartography is credited to Johann Christoph Barnickel. Each sheet has an alternate French title above the neatline: Le Duche de Courlande... (eastern sheet) and Le Duche de Semgalle... (western sheet). The western sheet measures 13.9 x 19.3"; the eastern sheet measures 21.8 x 19.1".

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Nice impressions with contemporary color, with an Elias Kutter watermark on the eastern sheet. Both sheets have light toning along their centerfolds. The western sheet (B+) has a small dampstain, a small infilled chip along the centerfold, and a 4.5" edge tear at top that has been closed on verso with old paper. The eastern sheet (B) has a few small abrasions along the centerfold and some short wormtracks at bottom, most of which have been infilled with old paper.