Lot #: 97790

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Helvetiae Rhaetiae et Valesiae caeterorumque confoederatorum ut & finitimorum populorum tabula geographica...Ioh. Conradi Gÿgeri, Helv. Tigurini delineata ; & à Conrado Meÿero in æs incisa anno Christi 1657

Maker / Publisher:		GYGER, Hans Conrad.
Place & Date:		Zürich, 1657
Colored:		In original colors.
Size:		550 x 750 mm / 21.7 x 29.5 inches
Condition:		As with practically all of the known specimens of this famous map, there are different imperfections, especially in the outer part containing figures and coats of arm. This is probably since this map was used as a geographical tool and not conceived for d

Estimated value: $19000 - $25000

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The Gyger map of Switzerland, in its first edition of 1657, represented a revolution for the region's representation: new methods were developed by Gyger to obtain a realistic description of the mountain areas.
The map is very detailed on a scale of about 1: 500,000 and was engraved by Johann Conrad Meyer.

Only 3 exemples of this first state are known, all in public Museums. So, our copy is the only one which can be obtained! Moreover, no other exemples exist with so rich, original colors!
A second edition, much more common, was printed in 1683
Hans Conrad Gyger (1599–1674) was a painter, mathematician, surveyor and cartographer active in Zurich. Gyger was the first to survey a larger area in Switzerland systematically. Gyger reached a fundamental progress by displaying mountains – until then drawn in template-like side views – as mass elevations. Thus continuous mountain ranges and valleys seen from oblique forward became apparent, not unlike today’s bird’s-eye-view maps. Gyger also finished other more traditional maps of Switzerland.
Gygers map of 1657 was afterward used by other European publishers as Nicolas Visscher (1658) and the French publisher/cartographers Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville (1667) and Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1693).
Printed from two plates and joined and attached on linen for display on the wall or protective reason.

Reference: Blumer, Walter. - Bibliographie der Gesamtkarten der Schweiz von Anfang bis 1802. - Bern, 1957, Nr. 113; Haller, Gottlieb Emanuel von. - Bibliothek der Schweizer-Geschichte . - Bern, 1785-1788, Bd. 1, Nr. 113.

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