Luxemburg, Eine Vortressliche Festung Des Herzogth. Gleiches Nahmens In Niederl in 1730

Old map of Luxembourg.

1756), shows both the fortifications and, in the inset at the bottom, a pictorial view of the city. Seutter was an engraver, map publisher, and globe maker from Augsburg, Germany. He was apprenticed to the Nuremberg map publisher Johann Baptist Homann in 1697, but returned to Augsburg around 1707 to set up his own firm. In 1731, Emperor Karl VI awarded him the title of Imperial Geographer. This map is from Seutter's Grosser Atlas worinnen enthalten alle die jenige geographisches Universal-Special- und Particular-Mappen, mit über die mehresten gedrukten alphabetischen Registern (Large atlas, wherein are contained all the recent geographic universal, special, and particular maps, with the largest number of published alphabetical registers), published in 1734." World Digital Library.

Created by Matthaeus Seutter in 1730.

• Annotated in ink in upper margin: 2.H. No. 45; and in lower margin: ad Tom. 2'dum N'us 45i/s.
• Appears in Seutter's Grosser Atlas worinnen enthalten alle die jenige geographisches Universal-Special- und Particular-Mappen, mit über die mehresten gedrukten alphabetischen Registern, 1734.
• Includes text, index to points of interest, inset panoramic "Prospect der Statt Luxemburg" at bottom, bar "Echelle de deux cent toises", ill., and coat-of-arms.
• Relief shown by hachures.
• Title and index in French and German; text in German.

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