Author: Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743)
Title: [Antique print, cartography, Prussia] Carte des etats du roy de Prusse... (Koning van Pruisen, King of Prussia: Frederick I 1701-1713), published ca. 1705-1720.
Description: Chatelain’s map of Prussia, north of the Donau river. Below, the sixteen Kings of Prussia, above a map of Germany and Poland. Full title: Carte des États du Roy de Prusse, Duc de Cleves, de Gueldres, de Magdebourg, de Juliers, de Bergue, de Stetin, de Pomeranie, de Cassubie et Vandalie, Prince de Rugen, Comte de Marck, de Ravensberg, de Hohenstein, Seigneur de Ravenstein, etc. In English: Map of the States of the King of Prussia, Duke of Cleves, Guelders, Magdeburg, Jülich, Berg, Stettin, Pomerania, Cassubia and Vandalia, Prince of Rügen, Count of the Mark, Ravensberg, Hohenstein, Lord of Ravenstein, etc.Plate from Chatelain’s atlas “Atlas historique” [vol. 3. nr. 30]. French text on the four corners, explaining the map and the contents.Titled above: 'Carte des etats du roy de Prusse, l’etat de sa maison, la chronologie et les estampes des electeurs et autres souverains qui sont issus.'  Engraving on paper with small margins; total: 352 x 468 mm; some light staining on the central and right side, some smudges, a small tear above, on the vertical folding crease. Another folding crease on the right half, otherwise in very good condition. In passepartout 500 x 600 mm.

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