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Europe - Poland - Lower Silesia – Wroclaw

Title: “Silesia Inferior“

Depicted here the area between Frankfurt and Brzeg, both located at the Oder. In the south Görlitz, Legnica up to Wroclaw. With beautiful coloured coat of arms, partly gilded.

Decorative, original coloured copper engraving by the brothers Joan & Cornelius Blaeu for „Atlas Blauiane“, Amsterdam 1638/42, after a draft of the Silesian cartographer Jonas Scultetus (1603-1664). Verso: Description of the region written in Latin.

Sheet size: 55,5 cm x 64 cm; Print size: 42 cm x 51,3 cm

Beautiful print and colours on strong handmade paper, minor stains in the margins due to old age, altogether in very good condition.

€ 680,-