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The catalog adds that the atlas, with its marbled boards, leather corners and spine and gilt spine title, is very rare in this complete version, and that Sotzmann's maps surpassed other Prussian works in accuracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe provinces are outlined in red, yellow, green and blue, and the great cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague are marked with bold dots beside fortified towns and smaller settlements. The North Sea and the Zuiderzee, spelled in the German of the day, shape the coast, while rivers, lakes and drainage channels cross the low country. The map was made just before the Batavian Republic was set up under French influence, so it records the old United Provinces at the end of their long history. Sotzmann, often called the father of Berlin commercial cartography, was known for accuracy beyond other Prussian publishers, and his school maps favor clarity over decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collector of German school atlases, a family with roots in Amsterdam, Rotterdam or Utrecht, or anyone who enjoys Enlightenment cartography will find a distinctive gift here. TheMapVault's companion sheet of the Burgundian Circle comes from the same atlas and the same year, whereas this sheet is given to Holland alone. 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The atlas is bound in marbled boards with leather corners and spine and a gilt spine title, and the catalog calls it very rare in this complete version, with coverage that reaches from the hemispheres to Polynesia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe atlas holds 35 maps in three parts, bound together with each title page at the front of its volume, and the catalog calls the complete set very rare. Its coverage runs from the hemispheres and Europe to France, Italy and Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Asia, Africa, America and Polynesia, with this sheet standing for the old Habsburg lands of the Low Countries. Sotzmann was a Berlin geographer, surveyor and draftsman whose small-scale methods were widely admired. 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The catalog credits Joseph Meyer and the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and it notes that the plan was copied from the Society's London map of 1835. The sheet measures 36 by 40 centimeters, and it is numbered 35 in Meyer's atlas. An inset map, Umgebung von Amsterdam, shows the surroundings of the city, and 14 small drawings along the margin give the facades of its principal buildings, under a caption about their relative sizes. The sheet is a good example of the engraved city plans that German publishers sold to the home market, with a decorative clarity that makes it easy to read at a glance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe catalog calls the atlas Meyer's grandest production, a real tour de force, and the Amsterdam plan shows why, with fine engraving and a clear order of streets, canals and public buildings. 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It comes from A New General Atlas, with the divisions and boundaries carefully colored, constructed entirely from new drawings. The sheet measures 52 by 41 centimeters, is numbered XIV, and carries internal boundaries colored by hand, with relief shown in hachures. It also marks battle sites. The atlas holds 53 maps and is presented in two large elephant folio volumes with the maps unfolded, bound in three-quarter leather and marbled boards with Hall's Atlas stamped in gilt. Hall was one of the leading English engravers of his day, and the catalog notes that his maps of the United States, Mexico and British North America were declared up to date and made good use of recent surveys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe maps in the atlas are dated variously from 1827 to 1830, with the title page dated 1830, which suggests that it was first issued in parts. The catalog calls the maps graphically very striking and beautiful, and notes that Hall prepared a revised edition in the 1850s. 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It shows the seven provinces of Zeeland, Holland, Utrecht, Gelders, Overyssel, Friesland and Groenigen. Ebenezer Bourne engraved the map for Wilkinson, who had taken over the stock of the Bowles shop at Cornhill after John Bowles died in 1779. Wilkinson was active in London as a cartographic publisher from 1785 to 1825, and the sheet comes from that productive period. The title is a traditional one, naming the old republic of seven provinces and its dependencies across the sea. The map's detail and its list of dependencies make it a thorough summary of the old republic as London publishers understood it, with clear boundaries and carefully placed names.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilkinson produced a General Atlas and a reissue of Bowen \u0026amp; Kitchen's English Atlas, along with excellent large format separate maps. The majority of his work appeared between 1794 and 1816, and he was better known as a printmaker and publisher of books than as an original surveyor. He worked in two shops, first at 58 Cornhill and later at 125 Fenchurch Street, and his copper stock and printing materials were auctioned in 1825. A map of the Seven Provinces made in 1809 looked back at the old republic, since by then Napoleon's family ruled the country, so the sheet is a farewell to an older Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collector of English map publishing, a family with roots in Zeeland, Friesland or Groningen, or a reader of Dutch republican history will find an engaging gift here. TheMapVault's Le Rouge map of 1748 shows the same provinces from a Paris atlas, whereas this Wilkinson sheet is the London view of 1809. 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The unusual orientation gives the familiar coast a fresh look, with the sea on the left and the provinces laid out to the right. It is an engraved map in the manner of French mid-century atlases, with fine lettering and clear outlines. The portable atlas was designed for travelers and officers who needed a compact reference, and the maps were drawn to fit the small page. The sheet is typical of the neat, small-format cartography that Le Rouge sold to travelers and students of geography, and its unusual orientation makes it a conversation piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLe Rouge was born Georg Ludwig in Hanover and trained there as a surveyor and military engineer, then moved to Paris around 1740 and set up shop as an engraver and publisher on the Rue des Grands Augustins. He changed his name and spent his forty-year career translating works from English to French, producing thousands of charts, maps, atlases and plans. He eventually became Geographical Engineer to Louis XV. 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