Antique Map of present-day North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany

US$586

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Sheet size: 55 × 64.8 cm (21.7 × 25.5 in)
Condition: Fair
Reference: BG-13442-17

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Condition

Repaired: Professional restorations on both bottom corners. General age-related toning. Shows some wear and soiling. Original folding line with large split, but still attached. Professional restorations on both bottom corners. Few small defects in margins. Blank verso. Please study image careful.

About this sheet

Antique map titled 'Nova et Accurata Ducatus Cliviae et Comitatus Marchiae (..)'. Detailed regional map of Germany showing the region bounded by the Maas River in the west and to part of Westphalia in the East. The map is centered on the Rhine region from Cologne to Arnheim, and showing Cleef, Nidwesel, Rheinbergen, Duisberg, Dusseldorf, Munster, etc. Nice decorative cartouche. Published by M. Seutter.

Matthäus Seutter (1678-1757) was a prominent German mapmaker in the mid-eighteenth century. Initially apprenticed to a brewer, he trained as an engraver under Johann Baptist Homann in Nuremburg before setting up shop in his native Augsburg. In 1727 he was granted the title Imperial Geographer. His most famous work is Atlas Novus Sive Tabulae Geographicae, published in two volumes ca. 1730, although the majority of his maps are based on earlier work by other cartographers like the Homanns, Delisles, and de Fer.