[ALSACE]. - Lot 1

[ALSACE]. Alsatia Superior et Inferior. III Tabulis delineata cum Finitimis Episcopatibus, Ducatibus, Principatibus, et Marchionatibus, Abbatiis, Comitatibus, Urbibus, olim Imperialibus et aliis Civitatibus. [Augsburg]: Matthäus Seutter, [ca. 1720]. - Map1750 x 590 mm, divided into 3 sheets pasted on canvas, framed. Large, handsome engraved map of the province of Alsace at the beginning of the 18th century, divided into three large sheets joined together. This topographical and military map, nearly 1.8 meters long, was produced by cartographer Jacques Michal (16..-1733) and printed in Augsburg by Matthäus Seutter (1678-1757). It depicts the relief, waterways, forests, boundaries and coats of arms of the various seigneuries, towns and villages of Alsace, from the town of Porrentry (Brondrutt) to Landau. The Alsatian border has been painted in green, and others in red and yellow. Towns and communes are indicated in red, and the coat of arms is painted yellow and surrounded by green. The frame is painted yellow. Beautifully framed and canvas-covered copy. Traces of folding. Black stain on the town of Hagenbach in the lower right-hand corner of the map. A small tear in the lower left quarter of the map.