World Maps · 18th century
€ 390
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Original/contemporary hand coloring. Strong toning, minor wear. Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
Antique map titled 'Die Chursaechsischen Aemter in Thüringen gelegen Sachsenburg, Weissensee (..)'. Map of the region of Weißensee, Germany. This map originates from 'Atlas Selectus von allen Konigreichen und Landern der Welt' by Johann Georg Schreiber.
Artists and Engravers: Johann Georg Schreiber, a German cartographer and geographer, was born 1676 and lived in Leipzig. His only work was the Atlas Selectus published first 1740 and reissued 1749. He died in 1745.
Condition: Fair, original/contemporary hand coloring. Strong toning, minor wear. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Date: 1749
Overall size: 27 x 19 cm.
Image size: 25.5 x 16.5 cm.
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