MOSCOW RUSSIA 1720 BODENEHR UNUSUAL ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED CITY MAP

Description

Moscow des Grossen Zaar Residenz.

 

Description: Striking and highly detailed fine unusual 1720 Gabriel Bodenehr's copper engraved map featuring an aerial plan of Moscow, Russia. The plan shows the city with his buildings, churches, streets and town walls. Two legend panels along both lateral sides, a strapwork title cartouche, an armorial and a decorative numbered key adorn the sheet.

Date: 1720 ( undated ) 

Dimensions: Paper size approx.: cm 26,1 x 15,3

Conditions: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Paper with chains. Map cold original colored. Top and lower margins missing. Right lateral margin missing. Wide left lateral margin. Small  foxing. Conditions are as you can see in the images.

Mapmaker: Gabriel Bodenehr the Elder (ca. 1673-ca. 1766) was a German engraver and publisher. He originated views of many German cities, for example the first plan of Passau (1710), and is best known for his Atlas Curieux (1704). His son, Gabriel the Younger (1705-1779), followed his father in his profession and was also a well-known engraver.


 

All of the maps we sell are ORIGINALS. We guarantee all of our maps to be authentic. We do our best to describe the condition of our maps as accurately as possible. Due to the age and type of paper, some imperfections are to be expected. Please examine the images provided carefully, and if you have any questions please ask and we will be happy to help.
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