Huber (Joseph Daniel von) Scenographic oder geometrisch Perspect. Abbildung der Kayl. Konigl. Haupt. u. Residenz Stadt Wienn in Osterreich..., monumental 24-part bird's-eye perspective plan of Vienna, the upper right sheet with large title cartouche, and the map itself covering the fortifications of the city and part of the suburbs up to the Linienwall, with numerous accurate architectural and topographical details including gardens, engraving on 24 sheets, excellent richly inked impressions with depth and clarity with little to no wear visible in the plates, on thick cream laid paper with 'Wangen' watermarks and countermarks, each sheet approx. 935 x 730 mm (36 3/4 x 28 3/4 in), some expert repairs to marginal tears, only to a handful of plates, the upper left sheet sheet with some faint stains and old repairs to perforation within the blank part of the sheet, scattered minor surface dirt, presented in modern cloth drop-back box, Vienna, 1778.

⁂ An 18th century cartographic masterpiece, and one of the most important representations of Vienna. Major Joseph Daniel Huber, a military cartographer based in Vienna, started working on his Vogelschauplan of the city in 1769 after being commissioned to undertake the project by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. By the end of May 1773 Huber had completed the manuscript plan in pen and wash on 42 sheets (now held in the Albertina), however the printed plan was not ready until 1778. The Baroque city is shown with an exceptional level of detail and accuracy, with the heights of the buildings plotted upwards true to scale on an undistorted plan.