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C1730
Pontificum Roma Norum Series Chronologica
Mapmaker:
Georg Matthias Seutter (1678 - 1757)
SOLD AS A SET OF FOUR. Plate three from the set of four famous cartographic curiosities by Seutter. The series of impressive copper engravings intended to serve as a serious instructional aid by illustrating geographical terms. Depicts a massive figure … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Pontificum Roma Norum Series Chronologica
Date:
C1730
Mapmaker:
Georg Matthias Seutter (1678 - 1757)
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
490mm
x 560mm
Frame Size:
755mm
x 835mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1730
Description:
SOLD AS A SET OF FOUR.
Plate three from the set of four famous cartographic curiosities by Seutter. The series of impressive copper engravings intended to serve as a serious instructional aid by illustrating geographical terms.
Depicts a massive figure of the Pope with his hand raised in benediction. His vestment is covered with a list of all of the popes from the 1st to the 17th century, each with a symbol that corresponds to the end of the pope’s reign and indicates it as abdication or death, both natural and unnatural. This key is printed in French with a German key pasted at the top, so you can lift it and see the French key. St. Peter’s cathedral is shown in the background with Romulus and Remus before it.
Mapmaker:
Georg Matthias Seutter (1678-1757)
Seutter was one of the leading German cartographers of the C18th who founded his own firm in Augsburg, Germany, around 1707. He was made Imperial Geographer in recognition of his mapmaking skills.
