Subject: Central Germany
Period: 1647 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.6 x 16.2 inches
52.3 x 41.1 cm
Attractive map of Thuringen based on Adolar Erich's important map of 1625. Roughly centered on Erfurt, it extends to include Mansfeld, Halle, Muhlhausen and Meiningen. Embellished with a fine title cartouche surrounded by putti, a coat-of-arms, and a dedication cartouche to Joachim Vicoforius, signed by Johannes and Cornelius Blaeu. German text on verso, published between 1647-70.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #2120:2.2.
Condition: B+
A dark impression with full contemporary color on a bright sheet with light foxing that is mostly confined to the blank margins and a dampstain in the top margin. Remargined at bottom with period-correct paper with loss of neatline.