Geographischer Entwurff der Stadt und Gegend des Welt berühmten Kaeyser Carlsbades, in Königreich Böhmen...

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Original antique copper engraving, hand colored in outline and wash. Copper engraved map with old border and area coloring by Peter Schenk after Adam Friedrich Zürner from: New Saxon Atlas, containing the seven circles. In the middle the map of the Carlsbad area, with many place names, rivers, mountains, etc. Marginal views at the top and bottom (above: Ellenbogen, Karlsbad, Schlaccowerth; below: Karlsbad 2x and city map of Karlsbad), on the left and right margin explanations. Title cartouche in the lower left corner of the middlemap. Peter Schenk the Younger (born February 15, 1693 in Amsterdam; † January 14, 1775 in Amsterdam) was a German engraver and map publisher who is considered the most important publisher of Saxon special maps in the first half of the 18th century. He was the son of the engraver and map publisher Peter Schenk the Elder (1660-1711) and followed the expansion of his range of maps and topographical views of central Germany, which his father had started. He also acquired printing plates from the Dutch publisher Nicolaes Visscher II to further expand the publishing program. Schenk also often worked with Adam Friedrich Zürner. (Wikipedia) Peter Schenk the Younger (born 15 February 1693 in Amsterdam; died: 14 January 1775) was a Dutch engraver and map publisher active in Leipzig. He was the son of the engraver and map publisher Peter Schenk the Elder who owned a shop in Leipzig and travelled regularly between there and Amsterdam in the 17th century. In 1715 Peter the Younger traveled to Leipzig in order to sell some paintings by Jan van Huchtenburgh and Jan and Willem van Mieris. (Wikipedia)