Description

Steel engraving 81,5 x 67,5 cm (37 x 26.5 inches), dissected in 20 segments and originally mounted on grey linen, label mounted on a back, contemporary marbled paper slipcase with a label (Very Good, minor age-toning in the folds, collector’s stamps below the title, on the label verso and on the label on the slipcase, slipcase slightly worn on the edges).

A large and detailed mountaineering map embraces the area around Salzburg and South Bavaria with Berchtesgaden and the Konigssee in the middle.

The map was also published in sections in Zeitschrift des Deutschen und Österreichischen Alpenvereins (Newspaper of the German and Austrian Alpine Association).

This example, accompanied by a contemporary marbled paper case, comes from a library of a noble family and bears a stamp with initials MB with a superpositioned crown and an inventory number under the title and on the slipcase.