Scotland – Seutter, Matthaus. (1678-1757).

Nova et Accurata totius Regni Scotiae, Secundum Omnes Provincias et adjacentes Insulas.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Augsburg, Seutter, [c.1740]. Plate Size: 49.2 cm x 57.5 cm. Sheet Size: 54 cm x 62.5 cm. Original and scarce map. In very good condition. Some minor browning evident with the slightest traces of staining to outer margins. Very minor hints of browning to centre-fold. Repaired tear to edge at centre fold.

[Moreland and Bannister, 1983: Tooley, 1979.].
Scarce map of Scotland, published by Seutter. A very detailed and interesting map of Scotland, including the Outer and Inner Hebrides (the Western Iles of Scotland). and the Orkney Islands. The very northern parts of Ireland and England can be seen. The mainland of Scotland is divided into two: Southern and Northern Scotland. Further sub-divisions delineate Scotland into its historic counties/regions from ‘Lidisdail’ and ‘Galloway’ in the south to ‘Caithnes’ and ‘Edirda Cheules’ in the north. Rivers, lakes, mountains are depicted pictorially. The map is filled with place-names and the names of towns and cities.
The corners of upper section of the map include two very ornate and decorative allegorical cartouches showing scenes of fishing, hunting and maritime coastal trade. The right cartouche, displaying reference keys and bar scales, is crowned with a crown and the Scottish coat-of-arms. A compass rose off the mouth of the Fyrth of Forth.

Matthäus Seutter (1678-1757) was one of the most important and prolific German map publishers of the 18th century. Matthaus Seutter the elder first published his “Atlas Geographicus” in 1720 and added to the contents in subsequent editions under the title “Atlas Novus”. He was succeeded in his business by his son Georg Matthaus Seutter, and after his death his son Albrecht Carl inherited, but died early in 1762. Matthaus’ widow then sold the business to her sons-in-law Tobias Conrad Lotter and Johann Michael Probst, who eventually left it to M.A. Lotter Matthaus’ grandson. (Wikipedia)

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• Inventory Number: 200030AG

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