11.5 x 14.5 cm (4.5 x 5.7 inches), Oblong small 8vo
Collation:
72 pages
Illustrations:
engraved title and frontispiece, 43 old coloured copper engraved maps, 1 leaf engraved Index
Cover:
Contemporary full leather binding (some rubbing)
Reference:
Phillips 630
Pocket atlas of T. Lotter and T. Lobeck. Bound with "Kurzgefasste Geographie" of Lobeck. With 1 World map, 1 Celestial map, 37 european maps including 14 maps of Germany not mentioned in index.
Slightly browned.
About the Cartograph/ Printer: Tobias Lotter was born 1717 in Germany. He became a publisher and engraver in Augsburg. He was engaged by Matthäus Seutter the elder as an engraver and married his daughter. He also was successful with his own business and became one of the better known German cartographers. After his death in 1777, the business was continued by his son Matthias Albrecht Lotter.
