Hamburg eine Weltberühmte Freye Reichs und Hansee, auch reiche u. Volkreiche Handels...

Old coloured city plan of Hamburg, Germany. Printed in Augsburg by M. Seutter circa 1730.

Reference 12974

Description

Beautiful, large plan of the city of Hamburg by Matthäus Seutter in excellent condition. Town plan with fortifications and buildings. In the lower third the ornamentally decorated prospect of the Hanseatic city of Hamburg framed with a rich allegorical cartouche. With Latin and German title in inscription band in upper margin and inscription field with legend 1-53 lower left above the view.

Details

Cartographer	George Matthäus Seutter
Title	Hamburg eine Weltberühmte Freye Reichs und Hansee, auch reiche u. Volkreiche Handels Statt an der Elb, nicht weit von der Nord See. - Hamburgum celeberrima libera Imperii et Hanseatica...
Publisher, Year	M. Seutter, Augsburg, circa 1730
Plate Size	49.8 x 57.5 cm (19.6 x 22.6 inches)
Sheet Size	54.3 x 62.0 cm (21.4 x 24.4 inches)
Reference	Fauser, A.: Repertorium älterer Topographie, No. 5398

Condition

Very good condition.

Cartographer

George Matthaus Seutter, a German publisher, cartographer and engraver from Augsburg, was born 1678 as the son of a goldsmith. After an apprenticeship at J. B. Homann in Nuremberg, he returned to his native city of Augsburg and worked in the publishing firm of Jeremiah Wolf. In 1707 he founded his own successful publishing company and produced maps, atlases and globes. Seutter died in 1757. The company went over to his son Albrecht Carl and his stepsons G. B. Probst and T. C. Lotter in after his death in 1757. The latter being regarded as his true successor. According to C. Sandler, following atlases have been published by Seutter:

- Atlas Geographicus oder Accurate Vorstellung der Ganzen Welt, 1725
- Atlas Compendiosus oder die ganze Welt in den nothwendigsten Geographischen Charten
- Atlas Compendiosus Scholasticus
- Atlas Novus Indicubus Instructus, 1728
- Grosser Atlas, 1734
- Atlas Minor, 1744

Beside the atlases, Seutter produced a pair of 20 cm table globes during his early days.

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George Matthäus Seutter: Hamburg eine Weltberühmte Freye Reichs und Hansee, auch reiche u. Volkreiche Handels Statt an der Elb, nicht weit von der....

Old coloured city plan of Hamburg, Germany. Printed in Augsburg by M. Seutter circa 1730.

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