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Asia Cum Omnibus Imperiis Provinciis Statibus et Insulis Iuxta Observationes Recentissimas et Accuratissimas Correcte et Adornata...
Augsburg 1783
A good example of the scarce Probst edition of Seutter's map of Asia, with two spectacularly decorative cartouches, printed c1783.
Includes incomplete northern coastlines of Australia and speculative regions north of Japan and Hokkaido.
Framed MA8261 HK$ 21,500
After serving an apprenticeship to J.B. Homann, the Nuremberg map publisher, the German mapmaker Matteus Seutter (1678-1757)set up his own very successful business in Augsburg and was appointed Geographer to the Imperial Court. With his son, Albrecht, and son-in-law, Conrad Lotter, he issued a number of atlases. For much of his life he worked in competition with his old employer and, not surprisingly, his maps are often very similar to those of Homann.
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