Copper engraving, period coloured, mm 500x580, from 'Novus Atlas'. Matthaeus Seutter (1678-1757), one of the most important and prolific German publishers of the 18th century, after an apprenticeship with Homann in Nuremberg, moved to Augsburg around 1720 where he opened his own business surpassing his master in terms of beauty: his maps always have brilliant colours and elaborate cartouches. Taken from "Atlas novus sive tabulae geographicae totius orbis. Good condition, decorative cartouche in the lower left-hand corner and legend in the lower right-hand corner.