Copper engraving, hand-painted period, 470x590 mm. Very accurate toponymy map of towns and cities, extending eastwards to include parts of Russia, the Baltic States and the northern part of Germany and Poland. Matthaeus Seutter (1678-1757), one of the most important and prolific German publishers of the 18th century; after an apprenticeship with Homann in Nuremberg, he moved to Augsburg around 1720 where he set up his own business, surpassing his master in terms of beauty: his maps always have brilliant colours and elaborate cartouches. In fact, the map of Scandinavia features a large decorative cartouche with various allegorical representations in the upper left-hand corner. Taken from "Atlas novus sive tabulae geographicae totius orbis. Nice copy. Minimal traces of marginal foxing