Marseille, anno 1740, very big map by Probst G.B. Panoramic town-view of Marseille, engraved by Johan Fridrich Leizel. With the title in a banderol at the head, flanked on the left by the crowned city arms in a cartouche. With a key to 33 numbered buildings, etc. in Latin, German and French. After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690-1776) who was born in Silesia. Size of the leaf: 40x110 cm., printed on two joined leaves. very good condition, only small, not remarkable 2-3 tears on margins. Reference: Fauser, Nr. 8574 Georg Balthasar Probst (1673-1748) was a german engraver and publisher in Augsburg, located in Germany. He produced architectural views of places around the world intended as vues d optiques, which were published in v

Probst G.B.

Publication Date: 1740

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Marseille, anno 1740, very big map by Probst G.B. Panoramic town-view of Marseille, engraved by Johan Fridrich Leizel. With the title in a banderol at the head, flanked on the left by the crowned city arms in a cartouche. With a key to 33 numbered buildings, etc. in Latin, German and French. After a design by Friedrich Bernhard Werner (1690-1776) who was born in Silesia. Size of the leaf: 40x110 cm., printed on two joined leaves. very good condition, only small, not remarkable 2-3 tears on margins. Reference: Fauser, Nr. 8574 Georg Balthasar Probst (1673-1748) was a german engraver and publisher in Augsburg, located in Germany. He produced architectural views of places around the world intended as vues d optiques, which were published in various places during the last half of the 18th century, including Paris, Augsburg and London. He was also known for his portraits. Probst came from an extended family of printers, whose businesses can all be traced back to the publishing firm of Jeremias Wolff (1663-1724). After Wolff's death his firm was continued as Wolff s Heirs (Haeres Jer. Wolffii) by his son-in-law Johann Balthasar Probst (1689-1750). After Probst s death in 1750, his descendants divided the business and published under their own imprints: Johann Friedrich Probst (1721-1781), Georg Balthasar Probst (1732-1801) and Johann Michael Probst. Another part of the Wolff-Probst firm was acquired by the Augsburg publisher Johann Georg Hertel (1700-1775), whose son Georg Leopold Hertel had married a sister of the Probsts. In the next generation, Georg Mathäus Probst (d. 1788), son of Georg Balthasar Probst, also became an engraver of portraits and views. Seller Inventory # ABE-1625201358565

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Title: Marseille, anno 1740, very big map by Probst...

Publication Date: 1740

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Condition: Gut