Cartographer:
FER, Nicholas de
Title:
Environs de Vienne en Autriche
Stock Code:
2226
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Later colour
Atlas:
Atlas Curieux ou le Monde
Size: (W x H):
50.5cm x 16.5cm
20 inches x 6½ inches
Date:
1717
Price:
£245
An unusual and attractive map of the environs of Vienna and the Danube. Ornamental cartouche at top right, scale at lower left. De Fer’s ‘Atlas Curieux’, in the unusual size of oblong folio, was first published in 1705 and reissued in 1717
Fine condition, good margins, top edge uncut, right hand margin is 10mm from edge of plate. the others are wide. A few marks on left hand margin where the map was bound