Europe - Solar Eclipse; Lowitz - Europa Eclipsata - 1721-1750

Astronomical-geographical map entitled ‘Depiction of the solar eclipse of 25 July 1748 / Representation de l’Eclipse du Soleil’. Designed by the mathematician and astronomer Georg Moritz Lowitz, drawn in Nuremberg in 1747 and engraved by Sebastian Dorn. It was published by the Homann Heirs.
The map was intended to accurately depict and explain in advance the precise path and visibility of the forthcoming annular solar eclipse of 25 July 1748 across Europe.

With original hand colouring.

sheet size: 51 x 59 cm

Condition
Some water-staining in the margins; with two repaired tears at the bottom. Four small holes in the white area (no loss of image). The centre fold has been reinforced on the back.