Subject: Central & Southeastern Europe
Period: 1716 (published)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
21.7 x 18.6 inches
55.1 x 47.2 cm
This matching set of 3 maps follow the course of the Danube River from its source in Donaueschingen, Germany to the Black Sea. The river flows through four capital cities: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade. The maps show the entire Danube River valley and beyond, with incredible detail of tributaries, cities, roads, political boundaries, mountains, forests, and more. It is uncommon to find the complete set of these maps together.
A. Danubii Fluminis (a Fontibus Prope Doneschingam usq Posonium Urbem Designati) Pars Superior...
B. Danubii Fluminis (ab Urbe Lentia usq et Ultra Bydenam Urbem cum Influentibus Fluviis Delineati) Pars Media...
C. Danubii Fluminis (hic ab Urbe Belgrado, per Mare Negrum usq Constantinopolim Defluentis Exhibiti) Pars Infima...
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Condition: B+
Sharp impressions with full contemporary color, a few spots of soiling, some minute worm holes, and light toning along the edges of the sheets. The middle sheet was trimmed at bottom by the bookbinder, with partial loss of the neatline.