Schenck, Pierre
Le Royaume de Boheme divisée en ses douze cercles Carte Rediute Sur celle de 25 Feuilles par I.C. Muller Capit. et...
- Published: Amsterdam
- Published date: 1745
- Technique: Copper engraving / Original color.
- Issue date: 1745
- Category: Bohemia
- Type: map
- Size: 493 by 623mm (19½ by 24½ inches).
- Stock number: 29715
- Condition: In excellent condition.
Article description
Copper engraving, hand colored in outline and wash. A fine and detailled engraved map showing the kingdom of Bohemia after the cartographic source by Johann Christian Müller with the neighboring parts of Bavaria, Saxonia, Austria and Silesia. The fine and detailled decorative map depicts Bohemia, parts of Bavaria, Saxonia, Austria and Silesia. In the upper right corner is a fine allegoric engraving depicting a war scene and in the lower left corner a table with explanations. The twelve circles of the kingdom of Bohemia are detailled shown in their borders in contemporary body hand color. With many engraved place names of cities and villages, castles, rivers, mountains, lakes. Street between major towns are also shown on the map.