Scania, Skåne, Southern Sweden.

Seutter, Matthäus A New and Accurate Desrption of Scania, Blekingia And Hallandia. "Descriptio Nova et Accurata Scaniæ, Blekingiæ et Hallandiæ." Augsberg Seutter, Matthäus 1720-40
Copper engraved map of southern Sweden by Matthäus Seutter from his "Atlas Novus". Original colour; verso blank.
The map shows the provinces of Skåne, Halland and Blekinge in southern Sweden, with an inset map of Halland to the lower right corner , Large decorative title cartouche surrounded by winged Victory sounding a trumpet, and a conquering soldier with cannons and guns, a reference to the long history of warfare between the Swedes and Danes over the area. Decorative scale cartouche with coats of arms of the 3 provinces. Good impression; colours bright ; vignettes/cartouches black & white as issued; slight browning to edges and to centrefold from glue of guard to verso; occasional light foxing ;blank margins shortdue to size of plate; old ink number to verso

Seutter, Matthäus (The Elder): 1678–1757,

Seutter was an engraver, globe-maker and publisher. Seutter was the official imperial geographer of Charles VI.

Born in Augsburg in 1685, the son of a goldsmith. Seutter began his studies in Nuremberg in 1697, apprenticed as an engraver to Johann Baptist Homann. in 1707 later he returned to Augsburg subsequently working in the publishing house of Jeremias Wolff in the city. He founded the Seutter publishing house and print shop in 1710, producing maps, atlases, and globes., which became a primary competitor to Homann.
Very few original maps were printed there, as Augsburg at that time had no university and none of the necessary connections to the fields of mathematics or the natural sciences. Therefore Seutter copied the work of other cartographers, making his own engravings based on their models (approximately 500 pieces).
His "Atlas Geographicus oder Accurate Vorstellung der ganzen Welt' appeared in 1725 with 46 maps: the "Atlas Novus" various editions in 1728, 1730, 1736, 1742; the "Grosser Atlas"in 1734 with 131 maps, and the pocket atlas "Atlas minor in 1744 with 64 maps.
After Matthäus Seutter died in 1757, his son, Albrecht Karl, his son-in-law Conrad Tobias Lotter, and his business partner Johann Michael Probst ran the business for five more years.
495 by 577mm (19½ by 22¾ inches).   ref: 2541  €500