Subject: Nuremberg, Germany
Period: 1732 (dated)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
22.6 x 19.2 inches
57.4 x 48.8 cm
This is an impressive bird's-eye plan of Nuremberg and the immediate surroundings. The map is filled with exceptional detail and the city walls are engraved with an almost three-dimensional effect. A key at bottom identifies over 60 important sites. The town plan is decorated with coats-of-arms within a wreath and a decorative title cartouche.
References:
Condition: B+
Full contemporary color on a lightly toned sheet with the watermarks of a fleur-de-lis and intertwined initials "CS." There is soiling at top, some soft, extraneous creases, and archival repairs to a couple of short tears along the centerfold and edges of the sheet. A printed bookplate for "J. E. Bouillet" is pasted on verso along the edge of the sheet.