Author: Pieter Schenk (1660-1713)
Title: [Antique print, cartography, handcolored engraving] Map of Western Germany, Palatinus Rheni, published ca. 1702.
Description: Colored map of Western Germany (West-Duitsland), namely the region of the Rhine.Bar scales given in 'milliaria Germanica communia' and 'milliaria Gallica communia'.Titled on the cartouche with allegorical figures and the portrait of Johan Wilhelm, on the top right: 'PALATINATUS RHENI Tabula exquisitissima, cui quoque subjacentes ac finitimæ Dominatus, Ditiones atque Satrapias fideliter inseri curavit Petrus Schenck cum Privil. Ordin. Gen. Belg. Foed.Sereniss. ac Potentissimo Dn. Dn.Iohanni Gviliemo D.G. Cum. Palat. Rhen. S.R.I. ...submisse dicat et consecrat P. Schenk Exc. Amst.' Handcolored engraving on paper, with some margin; plate mark: 495 x 584 mm, total: 532 x 635 mm; In passepartout total 650 x 750 mm. Some staining along the margins, corners slightly damaged; otherwise in very good condition. Two binding holes on the left margins; a vertical folding crease at center.

Keywords: Cartography|Germany|Hand colored