BARCELONA
£185
Striking and highly detailed fine unusual 1720 Gabriel Bodenehr's copper engraved map featuring a city plan of the city of Barcelona, Spain, and its surroundings.
Town plan of Barcelona with a bird's-eye-view of the harbor, at the left and right side with a text about the city and a legend, published in Bodenehr's Curioses Staats und Kriegs Theatrum.
The view shows the fortified town of Barcelona, harbor and surrounding areas, which are noted in the key on the right side, along with a town history on the left side. The Bodenehr family of engravers and publishers of Augsburg began with Johannes Georg Bodenehr (1631 - 1704), a publisher of atlases and geographical books.
Good hand colour
Very good condition
code : M5675
Cartographer : BODENEHR Gabriel
Date : 1720
Size : 15.5*31 cms sheet 20*33 cms
availability : Available
Price : £185
BODENEHR, Gabriel
1673-1765
German engraver and mapmaker of Augsburg. Son of Johann Georg Bodenehr [1631-1704] & from a family dynasty of engravers and publishers.
His works include Atlas Curieux [1704] and Curioser Staats und Kriegs Theatrum [1715].
In 1717 the family took over the Augsburg publishing house of Stridbeck. Succeeded by his son Gabriel the younger.
