Elwe, Jan Barend

[MAP OF SWITZERLAND] Nova et accuratissima Helvetiae, Foederatarumque / Les Cantons Suisses, leus alliés & pays sujets.

Amsterdam, Elwe & Langeveld, 1787. One sheet, ink on paper. Copper engraving. Hand coloured. Good condition. 528x625 mm. Map of Switzerland from Lake Geneva to Lake Constance. At the top of the map is a row of armorial shields for the cantons noting whether they were Catholic, Protestant or a mixture of both. The lower right corner contains a key to the location of towns of varying sizes, rivers and roads that are easy to difficult to cross, and the location of public baths.

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Book number: 61442

Catalogue: Switzerland Topography