Antique Plan of Munich with Panoramic View from the East, 1847
US$875
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1847
Mapmaker / artist
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Publisher
Charles Knight and Co., 22 Ludgate Street, London
Technique
Steel Engraving
Coloring
Original hand color
Sheet size
35 × 43 cm (13.8 × 16.9 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14487-1-28
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
Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Handling soiling along the bottom and left edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. All four corners complete.
About this sheet
This is an original antique city plan of Munich, steel engraved and published in the atlas of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The plan shows the old town inside the line of its demolished walls with the new Ludwigstrasse and the Maxvorstadt laid out to the north, the Englischer Garten along the Isar and the Residenz and the Hofgarten at the center. A panorama of Munich from the east runs along the foot of the sheet, and the drawing carries the date of the first of December 1832. The outline and water coloring is original hand color, applied by the publisher before the sheet was bound into the volume.
This is plate number 192 from the third volume of the atlas of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Plans of Cities, Stars and Index to Places, issued in London by Charles Knight in 1847. The Society's city plans were drawn from the best local surveys the editors could obtain and were corrected for each new edition, which is why they are still used as evidence of what a city looked like. The plate is lettered as drawn by W. B. Clarke.
Munich was being rebuilt as a royal capital of marble and stucco by Ludwig the First exactly when this plan was drawn, and the great avenues on it were then brand new. That makes the sheet a record of a deliberate act of city making rather than of slow growth. Framed simply in dark wood or a plain gilt frame it suits a study, a hallway or a dining room, and it is a natural gift for anyone with a tie to the place.
Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Handling soiling along the bottom and left edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. All four corners complete.
This is an original antique map, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
