Italy - Genoa; Seutter, Georg Matthaus (1678-1757) - Lo Stato della Repubblica di Genova - 1721-1750

This image shows a splendid and elegant 18th-century historical map titled "Lo Stato della Repubblica di Genova".
The work was created by the renowned German cartographer Matthäus Seutter (active in Augsburg as the "Emperor Geographer") and later published around 1744-1760 within the famous Atlas Minor, printed in collaboration with the publisher Tobias Conrad Lotter.

Main features of the work:

• Territory: It provides a detailed representation of Liguria and the arc of the Gulf of Genoa, which at the time formed the heart of the glorious independent maritime republic.

• Graphic details: The boundaries of the podesteries and adjacent territories are delineated with fine, contemporaneous watercolor coloring.

• The Cartouche: At the bottom center stands a rich and elaborate cartouche in Baroque/Rococo style, supported by allegorical figures and cherubs, which encloses the title and the production notes of the author.

The map originally comes from one of the editions of his famous Atlas Minor. However, this particular smaller-size print is a later reissue, clearly indicated by the typographic note placed at the center of the lower margin: "Ansero im Verlag bey T. C. Lotter, Geogr. in Augsburg". Seutter's workshop, located in Augsburg, was indeed inherited and carried on by his son-in-law, the engraver and geographer Tobias Conrad Lotter.

SEUTTER, Georg Matthaus (1678-1757). Atlas Minor praecipua Orbis terrarum Imperia, Regna et Provincias Germania. Augsburg: Seutter,

A.C. Seutter delin. Andr. Silbereisen Sculps. (to accompany) Atlas minor praecipia orbis terrarum imperia.
by Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756; Weyerman, Jacob Christoph; Seutter, Albrecht Carl, 1722-1762; Silbereisen, Andreas, 1673-1766

Size of the print: 19.5 x 25.5 cm to the marginal line, sheet size 21.5 x 27.5 cm

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