Comitatus Principalis Tirolis in quo Episc. Tridentin et Brixensis, Comitatus Brigantinus, Feldkirchiae Sonnebergae...

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Copper engraving, hand colored in wash and outline when published. Decorative and large map of the duchy and principality of Tirol. The map is equipped with many place names, imperial cities, monastries, lakes, rivers, mountains, etc. In the lower right corner we find a large figurative title cartouche with an allegory to the the alps and the fortress Kofel in the background. In the lower left corner is a small mileage scale with the imperial eagle. Overall with good margins, the upper left margin cut close to the engraved image of the map, published in an 18th century composite atlas. A clear and strong impression in beautiful hand colors.