MAPS OF BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA
Description dimensions: 53 x 62 cm (h x w) period: Around 1750; Germany, Nuremberg Two separate maps. Colorized copper engravings. The two single-sheet maps were created by Johann Christoph Müller, the author of what is perhaps the most famous wall map of Bohemia, which is presented in 25 sections. This map is a period copperplate engraving with colorized areas and lines. The plate imprints are bold, clean and fresh; the colors are bright and, like the strong, relatively strong paper, exceptionally well preserved, with no oxidation. The sheets feature wide margins. MAP OF BOHEMIA: Title in an allegoric cartouche of hunting and harvesting in the upper right corner, topped with a Bohemian lion crest. Legend and length scale bottom left corner. List of individual regions in French at the top outside the frame. MAP OF MORAVIA: Title in a sweeping figurative allegoric cartouche with a Moravian eagle crest in the upper left corner. Symbols of rivers and vineyards in lower left corner. Legend of settlements in upper right corner.
MAPS OF BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA
Description dimensions: 53 x 62 cm (h x w) period: Around 1750; Germany, Nuremberg Two separate maps. Colorized copper engravings. The two single-sheet maps were created by Johann Christoph Müller, the author of what is perhaps the most famous wall map of Bohemia, which is presented in 25 sections. This map is a period copperplate engraving with colorized areas and lines. The plate imprints are bold, clean and fresh; the colors are bright and, like the strong, relatively strong paper, exceptionally well preserved, with no oxidation. The sheets feature wide margins. MAP OF BOHEMIA: Title in an allegoric cartouche of hunting and harvesting in the upper right corner, topped with a Bohemian lion crest. Legend and length scale bottom left corner. List of individual regions in French at the top outside the frame. MAP OF MORAVIA: Title in a sweeping figurative allegoric cartouche with a Moravian eagle crest in the upper left corner. Symbols of rivers and vineyards in lower left corner. Legend of settlements in upper right corner.
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