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Map Luxembourg, une fortresse tres-celebre de la duché de cette nom dans Pais-Bas Luxemburg, eine vortressliche Festung des Herzogth. gleiches Nahmens in Niederl.

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Title

  • Luxembourg, une fortresse tres-celebre de la duché de cette nom dans Pais-Bas

Other Title

  • Luxemburg, eine vortressliche Festung des Herzogth. gleiches Nahmens in Niederl.

Summary

  • "The city of Luxembourg, capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is strategically located on a plateau above two gorges formed by the Alzette and Petrusse rivers. Already in the 4th century, it was the site of a Roman fort. In 963, Siegfried, Count of Ardennes and founder of the state of Luxembourg, built a castle on the same location. The walled town grew up around the castle, and the fortifications were strengthened over the course of centuries. This map, by Mattheus Seuter (1678-1756), shows both the fortifications and, in the inset at the bottom, a pictorial view of the city. Seutter was an engraver, map publisher, and globe maker from Augsburg, Germany. He was apprenticed to the Nuremberg map publisher Johann Baptist Homann in 1697, but returned to Augsburg around 1707 to set up his own firm. In 1731, Emperor Karl VI awarded him the title of Imperial Geographer. This map is from Seutter's Grosser Atlas worinnen enthalten alle die jenige geographisches Universal-Special- und Particular-Mappen, mit über die mehresten gedrukten alphabetischen Registern (Large atlas, wherein are contained all the recent geographic universal, special, and particular maps, with the largest number of published alphabetical registers), published in 1734." World Digital Library.

Names

  • Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756.

Created / Published

  • Augsp. [i.e. Augsburg, Germany] : M. Seutter, [173-?]

Headings

  • -  Fortification--Luxembourg--Luxembourg--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Luxembourg (Luxembourg)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Luxembourg (Luxembourg)--Views--Early works to 1800
  • -  Luxembourg--Luxembourg

Notes

  • -  Annotated in ink in upper margin: 2.H. No. 45; and in lower margin: ad Tom. 2'dum N'us 45i/s.
  • -  Appears in Seutter's Grosser Atlas worinnen enthalten alle die jenige geographisches Universal-Special- und Particular-Mappen, mit über die mehresten gedrukten alphabetischen Registern, 1734.
  • -  Includes text, index to points of interest, inset panoramic "Prospect der Statt Luxemburg" at bottom, bar "Echelle de deux cent toises", ill., and coat-of-arms.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Title and index in French and German; text in German.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col. ; 48 x 56 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G6024.L8 173- .S4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2001621049

Online Format

  • image

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Seutter, Matthaeus. Luxembourg, une fortresse tres-celebre de la duché de cette nom dans Pais-Bas. [Augsp. i.e. Augsburg, Germany: M. Seutter, 173-?] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2001621049/.

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Seutter, M. Luxembourg, une fortresse tres-celebre de la duché de cette nom dans Pais-Bas. [Augsp. i.e. Augsburg, Germany: M. Seutter, 173-?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2001621049/.

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Seutter, Matthaeus. Luxembourg, une fortresse tres-celebre de la duché de cette nom dans Pais-Bas. [Augsp. i.e. Augsburg, Germany: M. Seutter, 173-?] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2001621049/>.