Archiepiscopatus et Electoratus Moguntinus
Cartographer : - Lotter, Tobias Conrad 1717 –1777
- Date: - 1756
- Size: - 25in x 20in (635mm x 510mm)
- Ref#: - 50619
- Condition: - (A+) Fine Condition
Description:
This large original beautifully hand coloured copper plate engraved antique map of the German Electorate of Mainz in central Germany, was engraved in 1756.
The map centers on the city of Frankfurt and the River rhine with Koblenz to the North and Spier in the South. To the east is the city of Wertheim and to the west is Kern. (Ref: Tooley, M&B)
General Definitions:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color : - off white
Age of map color: - Original
Colors used: - Blue, pink, red, green, yellow
General color appearance: - Authentic
Paper size: - 25in x 20in (635mm x 510mm)
Plate size: - 22 ½in x 19 ½in (570mm x 495mm)
Margins: - Min 1in (25mm)
Imperfections:
Margins: - None
Plate area: - None
Verso: - None
Sons: Matthäus Albrecht (1741-1810); Georg Friedrich (1744-1801) and Gustav Conrad (1746-1776)
Tobias Conrad Lotter was an engraver, cartographer and publisher from Augsburg, Germany. He married the daughter of the cartographer Matthäus Seutter in 1740. In the same year he began his career as a map engraver with his father in law. Under Seutters direction Lotter created the Atlas Minor between 1740 and 1744. The atlas contained 63 maps - mostly engraved by Lotter - many of which were cartographically borrowed from Seutters Atlas Minor.
After the death of Seutter in 1757 and Seutters son Albrecht Karl in 1762, most of his stock was acquired by Lotter. He removed the name of Seutter from most of the original plates and replaced it with his own. With the support of his sons Matthäus, Georg and Gustav, Lotter succeeded in building on the economic success and professional reputation of his father-in-law.
After Lotters death in 1777 the business began to decline under his two eldest sons. After Matthew Albrecht\\\'s death in 1810, the business declined further and sank into obscurity by the middle of the 19th century.
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