Bidspirit auction | Pair of Frontispieces from Seutter

Pair of Frontispieces from Seutter & Mortier - Seutter's Frontispiece Description of the work: This exceptional folio engraving is from Georg Matthaeus Seutter's Atlas novus sive Tabulae geographicae totius orbis faciem... The atlas was published in Augsburg circa 1732 to 1741. Georg Matthäus Seutter (1678-1757) was one of the most important German mapmakers of the eighteenth century. Born in Augsburg in 1678, he became an apprentice to the renowned cartographer Johann Baptiste Homann in Nuremberg. In 1707 he established himself as a map publisher in Augsburg, and quickly became Homann's main rival. His business flourished and by 1731 he was appointed Geographer to the Imperial Court. Mortier's Frontispiece This magnificent originally hand-colored engraving is from Pierre Mortier's Atlas Nouveau or Atlas Novum ad usum serenissimi . The work was published in Amsterdam for Mortier in 1696. The atlas was produced at the height of the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography. The work was dedicated to Louis de France (1682-1712), Duke of Burgundy, the son of Louis de France (known as the Grand Dauphin) as well as Marie-Anne of Bavaria. He became the Dauphin of France upon his father’s death and the father of King Louis XV of France. Pieter Mortier (1669-1711) was an Dutch mapmaker, engraver, and bookseller. He was the son of a French refugee. He was granted a privilege to publish French maps in the Netherlands in 1690, and printed his first work there in 1693. Mortier's family continued to publish and sell books in the Dutch Republic for three generations. Paper Size: Seutter ~ 12 1/4” by 20”; Mortier ~ 12 5/8” by 20 3/4” Paper Type or Special Features: Originally Hand-colored Engravings