1740 Seutter Map of Swabia and Wirtenberg Germany

by Paul Fearn

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1740 Seutter Map of Swabia and Wirtenberg Germany

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Paul Fearn

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This is a rare c. 1740 map of Swabia and Wittenberg, Germany. Covers from Strasburg eastward as far as Landsperg, north as far as Nuremberg and south to Lucern. Includes Nuremberg, Heidelberg, Strasburg, Manheim, Lucerne (Lucern, Luzern), Boden See, and Stuttgart. Detail includes cities, forts, some topographical features, and districts. Decorative title cartouche in the upper left quadrant featuring the instruments of science and symbols of bounty. Prepared by Matthaeus Seutter and issued in Augsburg as plate no. 11 in Homann Heirs’ Maior Atlas Scholasticus .

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July 20th, 2013

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