Matthäus Seutter (1678-1757) was a prominent German mapmaker in the mid-eighteenth century. Initially apprenticed to a brewer, he trained as an engraver under Johann Baptist Homann in Nuremburg before setting up shop in his native Augsburg. In 1727 he was granted the title Imperial Geographer. His most famous work is Atlas Novus Sive Tabulae Geographicae, published in two volumes ca. 1730, although the majority of his maps are based on earlier work by other cartographers like the Homanns, Delisles, and de Fer.
Alternative spellings: Matthias Seutter, Mathaus Seutter, Matthaeus Seutter, Mattheus Seutter
Striking, Richly Engraved Map of the Americas Fine, decorative and detailed map of the Americas, with California as an island and two richly illustrated cartouches. The present map depicts the Americas and parts of France, Spain, Portugal, and...
![Nov. Orbis sive America Septentrionalis . . [California as an Island]](/map/small/66995.jpg)
Decorative map of North America, showing California as an Island, based upon the second Sanson Model. The present example is from the private collection of Glen McLaughlin, author of The Mapping of California as an Island. (Letter available upon...
Striking, Richly Engraved Map of the Americas—One of the Last to Feature California as an Island Fine, detailed map of the Americas, with California as an island and two richly illustrated cartouches. This is one of the last maps to be printed with...
Decorative regional map of eastern Germany. Major cities include Leipzig and Halle.
Elaborate allegorical map showing the art of war, by land and by sea.
![[Allegorical Map of Love!] Representation Symbolique et ingenieuse projettée en Siege et en Bombardement, comme il faut empecher prudemment les attaques de L'amour.](/map/small/47259.jpg)
Famous hand-colored engraved allegorical map, representing the battle for the heart. This is a wonderful and scarce allegorical map representing the trials and tribulations of romantic entanglement, published by one of Germany's greatest mapmakers of...
![[Allegorical Map of Love!] Representation Symbolique et ingenieuse projettée en Siege et en Bombardement, comme il faut empecher prudemment les attaques de L'amour.](/map/small/64005.jpg)
Famous hand-colored engraved allegorical map, representing the battle for the heart. This is a wonderful and scarce allegorical map representing the trials and tribulations of romantic entanglement, published by one of Germany's greatest mapmakers of...
Striking example of Seutter's figure of Colossus, with sword and scepter, representing Daniel's interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar's dream (Dan. 2:39-40). History's great empires are engraved on the breastplate; Oriental empires on the left leg,...
This is an unusual thematic chart shows the traveling distances from various European cities in a style that is still used today. Several similar charts were made during this time, but this one gives a very large number of combinations, some nearly...
Fine Double-Hemisphere World Map, Combining the Latest Scientific Theories and Older Decorative Details Striking double-hemisphere world map combining scientific diagrams with decorative imagery. Based on Carel Allard’s influential map of 1696, it...
![[Rare Early State!] Pensylvania Nova Iersey et Nova York cum Regionibus Ad Fluvium Delaware In America Sitis, Nova Delinatione ob oculos posita . . .](/map/small/63399.jpg)
Rare Early State of Seutter's Map of New Jersey, New York and Eastern Pennsylvania Rare early state of Seutter's map of the Middle British Colonies, based upon Lewis Evans' extremely rare map of 1749. The present example differs by the spelling of...
18th-century Map of Eastern North America with a Satirical Cartouche A finely colored example of Seutter's so-called Mississippi Bubble map, depicting the short-lived French financial-colonial scheme masterminded by Scottish financier John Law. The...
Gorgeous full color example of Seutter's scarce map of Brazil. The map covers Brazil from the mouth of the Amazon River to tSão Paulo and from the Paraguay River to the Atlantic. The map is based upon Joannes Blaeu's scarce Nova et Accurata Totius...
![Portugalliae et Algarbiae… [with large Regnum Brasiliae…inset]](/map/small/70149jd.jpg)
Portugal and Her Brazilian Colony Decorative map of Portugal with a large inset of Brazil, showing its 12 captaincies. The map is elaborately embellished, with several naval battles, a highly ornate cartouche and other details.
Gorgeous full color example of Seutter's map of the British Isles. Includes 5 large coats of arms, portrait and two large decorative allegorical cartouches.
Seutter's decorative engraved map of England. Incudes a coat of arms and an elaborate allegorical vignette.
