Germany.- [Baertels (Josef Anton)] Plan von der Residntz Stadt Mannheim, large bird's-eye plan of the City of Mannheim, showing the extensive fortifications, bridges crossing the Necker and Rhine rivers with a few ships and boats on the water, two trompe-l'oeil cartouches to the upper left and right, and allegorical figure of the city with a lion in the lower left, engraved map, 655 x 790 mm (25 3/4 x 31 1/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, edged with silk, some spotting and surface dirt, handling creases, inscribed in ink verso 'Halliwell's Dictionary', folding without slipcase, 4to, [mid-18th century]

⁂ Scarce baroque map of Mannheim, attributed to the little known engraver Josef Baertels. The British Library hold an example, catalogued as "Unidentified Publisher", with WorldCat only identifying one other example in the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. We have been unable to trace another example having been offered at auction.