World - -; Elias Baeck - Mapemonde planisphere ou carte generale du monde - 1721-1750

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Mapemonde planisphere ou carte generale du monde, a copper engraving by Elias Baeck (alias Heldenmuth) in Augsburg around 1748, depicting a small two-hemisphere world map with contemporary hand colour and good condition.

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A very attractive small world map in two hemispheres with beautiful original coloring and a figurative title cartouche. With german and french text in bands above and below the map. Very rare.

Title: "Mapemonde planisphere ou carte generale du monde"

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: 22 x 16 cm
sheet size: 28 x 19cm

Condition
Some short, professionally repaired tears in the white border. The sheet is somewhat dusty, otherwise in very good condition. With a center fold.

A very attractive small world map in two hemispheres with beautiful original coloring and a figurative title cartouche. With german and french text in bands above and below the map. Very rare.

Title: "Mapemonde planisphere ou carte generale du monde"

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: 22 x 16 cm
sheet size: 28 x 19cm

Condition
Some short, professionally repaired tears in the white border. The sheet is somewhat dusty, otherwise in very good condition. With a center fold.

Details

Era
1400-1900
Number of items
1
Country
World
Geographical specification
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Map maker/ publisher
Elias Baeck
Map/ Book title
Mapemonde planisphere ou carte generale du monde
Period
1721-1750
Condition
Good
Technique
Copper engraving
Additional Information
Beautiful original color
Map colour
Contemporary hand colour
Height
22 cm
Width
16 cm
GermanyVerified
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Objects sold
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