Striking map of Prussia with a fine large title cartouche.
The map covers Prussia, Pomerania, Polonica, Hockerlandia, Pomesania, Warmiaermelandia, Natanglensis, Galindia, Nandrovia, Sclavonia, and the Baltic Sea.
The immense cartouche includes 2 coats of arms, allegorical symbols, portrait of Fredrich Wilheim and other symbols of the region. A sea battle vignette, port commerce vignette and military dress review vignette complete the map.
Large inset of Neocomensis and Neufchatel.
Matthäus Seutter (1678-1757) was a prominent German mapmaker in the mid-eighteenth century. Initially apprenticed to a brewer, he trained as an engraver under Johann Baptist Homann in Nuremburg before setting up shop in his native Augsburg. In 1727 he was granted the title Imperial Geographer. His most famous work is Atlas Novus Sive Tabulae Geographicae, published in two volumes ca. 1730, although the majority of his maps are based on earlier work by other cartographers like the Homanns, Delisles, and de Fer.
Alternative spellings: Matthias Seutter, Mathaus Seutter, Matthaeus Seutter, Mattheus Seutter