Subject: Eastern Europe & Baltic
Period: 1716 (dated)
Publication: Atlas ou Recueil de Cartes Geographiques...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
23.4 x 18.6 inches
59.4 x 47.2 cm
This detailed and uncommon map shows present-day Poland, Lithuania Latvia, Estonia, Kaliningrad, Belarus, and Ukraine. It depicts towns of various sizes, rivers, forests, and provincial boundaries. Below the title cartouche are the coat of arms of Poland, Lithuania, Prussia, Courland, and Russia, as well as a table of the longitudes and latitudes of main cities. A compass rose capped with fleur-de-lis decorates the Baltic. Engraved by P. Starckman.
References: Malinowski (MCC-25) #103; Pastoureau, FER II C [58]
Condition: A
A crisp impression with contemporary outline color on a sheet with a large rosary beads watermark. There are a few spots of foxing, light soiling that is mostly confined to the margins, and a few short edge tears that have been repaired with archival materials on verso. Remnants of hinge tape on verso.