Subject: Southwestern Germany
Period: 1640 (circa)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.7 x 16.4 inches
50 x 41.7 cm
This handsome map of the Baden-Wurttemberg region is filled with information of cities, villages, fortresses, bridges, forests, and mountains. It is centered approximately on Stuttgart and includes the cities of Ulm, Tubingen, Heidelberg, Freiburg im Breisgau and Strasbourg (unnamed within the left-hand border). It is decorated with a coat of arms and a title cartouche featuring putto harvesting a vineyard. Latin text on verso, published between 1640-55.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #2620:2.
Condition: A
A crisp impression with full contemporary color on a sheet with a "VG" watermark and light toning and soiling along the edges of the sheet.
