A scarce two-sheet map of Alsace
Alsatiae Superioris et Inferioris accuratissima Geographica Descriptio. Correcta et aucta Basileae anno MDCCII. Recusa Norimbergae eodem anno.
Nuremberg, c.1702. Two sheets conjoined, total 415 x 1215mm.
£1,300.00
Description
A map of Alsace, orientated with north to the right, showing the Rhine from Speyer south past Strasbourg to Basel and Rheinfelden. Top right is a Latin-text description within an elaborate martial cartouche. The map was compiled five years after the Treaty of Ryswick (1697) confirmed Strasbourg as a French possession.








