Descrizione

Piccola carta graografica tratta da "Atlas geographicus portabilis XXIX mappis orbis habitabilis regna exibens" di Tobias Lobeck, stampato ad Augsburg, s.d. ma 1760-62 circa.L'opera contiene 31 carte, incise da Lotter da Tobias Lobeck. Incisione in rame, coloritura coeva con ritocchi, in buone condizioni. A small map taken from the "Atlas geographicus portabilis XXIX mappis orbis habitabilis regna exibens" by Lobeck.Rare portable atlas, in contemporary colouring. Of remarkable taste and elegance, the frontispiece and title page, engraved by Tobias Lobeck on Gottfried Eichler's design. The maps are engraved by Tobias Lotter from the drawings of Tobias Lobeck. Copperplate with original hand colour, refreshed, in good conditions. Cfr. Nordenskiold 2, 135; Phillips Atlases 632. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers, 397, 401.