ARTIST: Henri Chatelain
PUBLISHER: Published in Amsterdam by L’Honore & Chatelain.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving printed on fine laid paper,
DATE: 1720
EDITION SIZE: 13 5/8 x 17 3/4" (347 x 452 mm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: This impressive engraving is a wonderful example of Chatelain’s elegant plates. Included in the 1720 edition of Atlas Historique, published by Chatelain in Amsterdam, this large chart is the twenty-seventh plate in volume two. This handsome plate is comprised of numerous vignettes depicting the Teutonic Order government in session. The sheet is filled with a long explanative text, as well as a detailed tabular key identifying the various people depicting in the images. This fine print is a wonderful example from Chatelain’s important text.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition. Black and white.
REFERENCE: Phillips, A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, 305, 548, & 579; Moreland & Bannister, Antique Maps; Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. II. p. 33-38.
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