Theatre de la Guerre Ouvert en Hongrie & Dans la Tartarie Crimée…
| Reference: | S40062 |
| Author | Pieter SCHENK |
| Year: | 1737 |
| Zone: | Hungary |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 550 x 455 mm |
| Reference: | S40062 |
| Author | Pieter SCHENK |
| Year: | 1737 |
| Zone: | Hungary |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 550 x 455 mm |
Description
A map of the seat of war in the Balkans in the Russo-Turkish War (1735-9). Oriented with north to top.
This map shows the principal rivers, roads, and fortified towns of parts of Albania, Anatolia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, the Crimea, Dalmatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldavia, Poland, Romania, Servia and Slavonia as well as the march of the Russian army to Ochakov.
Copperplate with fine original colouring, trimmed to the paltemark, very good condition.
Pieter SCHENK (1660 - 1718 ca.)
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Peter Schenk the Elder (1660-1711) moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and began to learn the art of mezzotint. In 1694 he bought some of the copperplate stock of the mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, which allowed him to specialize in the engraving and printing of maps and prints. He split his time between his Amsterdam shop and Leipzig and also sold a considerable volume of materials to London. Peter Schenk the Elder had three sons. Peter the Younger carried on his father’s business in Leipzig while the other two, Leonard and Jan, worked in Amsterdam. Leonard engraved several maps and also carried on his father’s relationship with engraving plates for the Amsterdam edition of the Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.
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Pieter SCHENK (1660 - 1718 ca.)
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Peter Schenk the Elder (1660-1711) moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and began to learn the art of mezzotint. In 1694 he bought some of the copperplate stock of the mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, which allowed him to specialize in the engraving and printing of maps and prints. He split his time between his Amsterdam shop and Leipzig and also sold a considerable volume of materials to London. Peter Schenk the Elder had three sons. Peter the Younger carried on his father’s business in Leipzig while the other two, Leonard and Jan, worked in Amsterdam. Leonard engraved several maps and also carried on his father’s relationship with engraving plates for the Amsterdam edition of the Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.
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