BODENEHR, Gabriel – PLAN Alt und Neuer fortification von MALTA – c.1722/23 – SOLD

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BODENEHR, Gabriel – c.1722/23

Rare plan of the Harbour of Malta with the title: PLAN / Alt und Neuer fortificati= / on von / MALTA / gelegen auf der Insul / gleiches Namens.

by gabriel Bodenehr, from the book: FORCE D’EUROPE…

Plate size: 182 x 285 mm

Notes: This plan was copied faithfully from the plan by de Fer of 1694 and later issues.
A recent note in pencil on the map gives 1730 as the date of the map. Originally engraved by Joh.Stridbeck junior, the plates where published by Hans Georg Bodenehr, and acquired by the latter after the death of Stridbeck Sr. in 1717. The name Joh.Stridbeck junior is than replaced by Bodenehr.

This plan comes in a pair with the plan of Valletta also available in this collection for sale separately for euro 400.00.