Author: Gerard Valck (1651-1726) and Leonard Valck (1675-1746)
Title: [Antique print, cartography, handcolored engraving] Maps of Northern and Eastern Germany, published ca. 1702.
Description: Colored maps of the Northern and Eastern Germany.Appeared in Valk and Schenk's Atlantis sylloge compendiosa, ca. 1702.Bar scales given in 'milliaria Germanica communia' and 'milliaria Gallica communia'.Titled above: 'Circulus Saxoniae Inferioris, divisa in ducatus Brunsuici, Zellae, Holsatiae, Meklenburgi et Bremae, archiepiscopatum Magdeburgi, et episcopatus Hildesii et Halberstadii; per Gerardi et Leonardi Valk, cum privilegio'. and 'Circulus Saxoniae Inferioris, divisa in ducatus Saxoniae Altenburgi, Vinariae, Gothae, et Isenaci: principatum Anhaltinum: comitatus Suartenburgi, Barbiae, et Bichlingii; episcopatus Ceitzii et Halae, cum reliquis ditionibus per Gerard et Leonard Valk.' Handcolored engraving on paper, with some margin; plate mark: 492 x 598 mm, total: 532 x 644 mm; some staining along the margins, corners slightly damaged; otherwise in very good condition. The second impression with evident defects, tears at center and on the margins, though nicely colored impression.

Keywords: Cartography|Germany|Hand colored