Three-sheet map of the Danube

JAILLOT, Alexis-Hubert.

Le Cours du Danube Depuis sa Source Iusqu'a ses Embouchures Dressé sur les Memoires les plus Nouveau du P.Coronelli et autres.
Amsterdam, Pieter Mortier, c.1705. Original colour. Three sheets conjoined, total 595 x 1120mm.

A large and decorative map of the Danube from Mortier's issue of Jaillot's 'Atlas Nouveau'. Based on the Coronelli map published by Nolin in 1688, the fine baroque title features medallion portraits of Pope Innocent XII, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the kings of Poland, Hungary and Bavaria. Underneath are five prospects of fortress towns and a chart of the Bosphorus with Constantinople marked.

KOEMAN: Mor 1.
Stock ID : 20859