1725 Seutter Map Hungary (1 results)
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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Contact seller4-star sellerGood. Centerfold mended with some scuffing; few areas of faint soiling. Else very good. Size 19.25 x 22.5 Inches. This is an early 18th century Matthias Seütter map of Hungary and its borderlands. The map follows Habsburg victories over the Ottoman Empire, resulting in the absorption of Ottoman lands by Hungary. It is among Seüt…ter early corpus, prior to his becoming official cartographer for the Holy Roman Emperor - though likely no earlier than 1718, at which point most of the territorial acquisitions mapped here had been set by treaty. Scope The map, centered on Belgrade, embraces the territories on both banks of the Danube well above Vienna, and just below Nicopolis. The Dalmatian coast is covered, from Croatia down to the coast of Albania. The map thus includes Hungary, Sclavonia, Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Transylvania, Wallachia, and the southern parts of Moravia and Poland. A Martial Cartouche Rogg's dramatic cartouche celebrates the Habsburg Empire's triumphs over the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th centuries. A Habsburg Emperor - either Charles VI or his brother Joseph I - stands armored, scepter in hand, to receive the tribute of his new possessions: these are represented by seven figures, each submitting the arms of their respective kingdoms: Dalmatia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia, Transylvania, Serbia, and Sclavonia. In the background, a battle still rages. To the lower right, a scale cartouche illustrates fertility with a happy cluster of allegorical figures: an elderly man with a flowing jug represents the Danube itself; a central figure possibly representing Europe sits demurely with a sailing ship on her lap, surrounded by a lively pack of maenads (signified by abundant grape vines). Publication History and Census This map was engraved for Matthias Seutter by Gottfried Rogg, certainly prior to the 1727 production of Seutter's Atlas Novus . We are aware of two states of this map, which after 1732 was entirely reengraved without Rogg's imprint, but including of Seutter's new title as Imperial Geographer in the cartouche. The map appears on the market in its various iterations, and is listed in various institutional collections; however, it is difficult to determine specific editions due to imprecise cataloging. References: OCLC 159888343. Rumsey 12041.062 (1727, same plate but subsequent state with coordinate grid).
