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Remarkable Map of the Alsace Region and Nova Zembla, Russia, ca.1700

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Antique map titled 'Chorographia Alsatiae.' Map of the Alsace region and Nova Zembla, printed for Scherer's 'Atlas Novus' (1702-1710). Scherer's 'Atlas Novus' forms an important milestone in the development of scientific and thematic cartography, providing a remarkable and revolutionary alternative vision of the World in showing only its major physical and topographical features. Artists and Engravers: Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704) was a Professor of Hebrew, Mathematics and Ethics at the University of Dillingen until about 1680. Thereafter he obtained important positions as Official Tutor to the Royal Princes of Mantua and Bavaria. It was during his time in Munich as Tutor to the Princely house of Bavaria that his lifetime’s work as a cartographer received acclaim and recognition. Scherer’s world atlas, the Atlas Novus, first published in Munich between 1702 and 1710 and reissued in a second edition between 1730 and 1737, forms a singularly unusual, almost revolutionary work in terms of the development of European mapmaking at the beginning of the 18th Century. Condition: Good, given age. Light damp stain top left, barely affecting image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10.63 in (27 cm)Width: 8.27 in (21 cm)Depth: 0 in (0.02 mm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Period:
    1700-1709
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1700
  • Condition:
    Condition: Good, given age. Light damp stain top left, barely affecting image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study image carefully.
  • Seller Location:
    Langweer, NL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: PCT-61592 1stDibs: LU3054326831912
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