Subject: Eastern Germany
Period: 1740 (circa)
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Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.6 x 22.8 inches
49.8 x 57.9 cm
This map details northeastern Bavaria, including the cities of Plauen, Sonneberg, Hersbruck, and Cheb (Eger), Czech Republic. The map is filled with details of roads, towns, forests, mountains, and political boundaries. The superb title cartouche incorporates the distance scale and is embellished with mythological figures, including Minerva, Mercury and Diana, along with symbols of the harvest and hunting.
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Condition: B+
A sharp impression with full contemporary color on a bright sheet with a bit of printer's ink residue, several faint damp stains in the image, two small worm holes in the left margin, and minor marginal foxing.