Attractive small map of Switzerland with beautiful original colouring. With figurative title cartouche at bottom left. Very rare. Title: "Die XIII Cantons u. Bunds Verwanten der freyen Schweitzer Republic accurat entworffen" Copper engraving by Elias Baeck (alias Heldenmuth) (1679-1747), He was a German painter, engraver, and cartographer. Elias Baeck studied in Rome, where he earned the nickname Heldenmuth (Heroic Courage). He worked in Venice and Ljubljana before finally settling in Augsburg. He signed his prints E. B. a. H. for Elias Baeck, also known as Heldenmuth. Baeck engraved historical subjects, landscapes, battle scenes, portraits, and maps. From the work "Der curiose und in allen nöthigen Wissenschaften nützliche Dollmetscher oder allgemeines Zeitungs-Handbuch (…)", Augsburg 1748 image size: 23 x 17 cm sheet size: 28 x 19cm Condition Sheet somewhat dusty, otherwise very well preserved. With centre fold