Austria

Extremely uncommon first edition of Jaillot/Sanson's map of Vienne, published 1683, following the Turkish siege of Vienna that same year. It shows the vicinity of Vienna from Stockerau in the north to Laxenburg in the south, and from Elsbach in the west to Obersiebenbrunn in the east. Jaillot will reprint several times this plan, notably in 1692, 1700 and 1710, with minor changes (adding a legend...

Place: Paris
Date: 1683
Item Number: 4057

C. 1695. Large-format antique map covering the present-day territories of Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, and Hungary, also depicting the course of the Danube. Edited in Paris by Hubert Jaillot, the title cartouche symbolizes the victory over the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Vienna with a four-headed eagle and two Turkish prisoners at the bottom. This original map was created by Nicolas Sanson...

Place: Paris
Date: 1695
Item Number: 4348