Skip to content

Amsterdam die Weltberühmte Haupt-und Handel Statt in Holland auf das neuest und accurateste eintworffen und verlegt

Amsterdam die Weltberühmte Haupt-und Handel Statt in Holland auf das neuest und accurateste eintworffen und verlegt

Click for full-size.

Amsterdam die Weltberühmte Haupt-und Handel Statt in Holland auf das neuest und accurateste eintworffen und verlegt

by SEUTTER, Matthaus

  • Used
Condition
See description
Seller
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
New York, New York, United States
Item Price
$2,100.00
Or just $2,080.00 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
$6.00 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 6 to 14 days

More Shipping Options

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

About This Item

Nuremberg: Homann, 1739. unbound. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 19.5" x 22.75".<br/><br/> In this decorative plan of Amsterdam, Seutter surrounds an aerial view of the city with a wealth of views and images. The plan at the center has streets and medieval walls clearly marked, such that the city looks like a many-pointed star with a windmill at each point. An enormous number of ships are huddled in the city's harbor, demonstrating its status as an economic world power. This scene is replicated in the panoramic view at the bottom off the map, which shows the city's waterfront and the ships of all sizes doing business there. The view is crowned with a decorative cartouche which features the city's arms surrounded by canons and other weapons that symbolize its military power. To the left are Poseidon and Hermes, who represent the city's strengths. To the right, Asian, African and American Indian figures offer their wares at the feet of the city's arms. Over 300 place names are labeled on the map and view in accordance with keys in the upper corners. Between the keys are the title, emblazoned on a scroll, and two coats of arms. As was customary for Seutter's maps and other Dutch maps of the mid-1700s, the plan has been colored and the cartouche and view left uncolored. This contemporary coloring has been left untouched, adding to the map's authenticity. It is in excellent condition with full margins and no staining. Small bookplate pasted onto verso. Matthaus Seutter the Elder (1678-1757) was an engraver, globe maker and map publisher based in Augsburg. He apprenticed with J.B. Homann in Nuremberg and, in fact, this map was likely modeled on Homann's 1725 precedent. Seutter was awarded the title of Imperial Geographer by Karl VI in 1731, and his son-in-law T.C. Lotter took over the business in 1758. This map of Amsterdam exemplifies Seutter's cartographic prowess.<br/><br/>

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
Argosy Book Store US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
235985
Title
Amsterdam die Weltberühmte Haupt-und Handel Statt in Holland auf das neuest und accurateste eintworffen und verlegt
Author
SEUTTER, Matthaus
Format/Binding
Unbound
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Homann
Place of Publication
Nuremberg
Date Published
1739
Keywords
amsterdam, trade, commerce

Terms of Sale

Argosy Book Store

All items are offered net, subject to prior sale. Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt--please contact us first. Payment by Visa , Mastercard & American Express. Appropriate sales tax will be added for all N.Y. State residents

About the Seller

Argosy Book Store

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2004
New York, New York

About Argosy Book Store

We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including, Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Verso
The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Unbound
A book or pamphlet which does not have a covering binding, sometimes by original design, sometimes used to describe a book in...
Bookplate
Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...

This Book’s Categories

tracking-