Lehmann-Dumont’s Satirical Map of Europe in 1914 Printed Area Measurement_30 x 23.5 cm slightly dusty lower margin

slightly dusty lower margin

armorial bookplate (reinstated on front pastedown) of Henry Sinclair

and in the mid eighteenth-century John Rocque was sponsored by the Aldermen of the City of London

The results “have to be evaluated as the most outstanding engravings depicting the wide-spread interest in classical geography in the 16th century

text in Latin and German

Lehmann-Dumont’s Satirical Map of Europe in 1914 Printed Area Measurement_30 x 23.5 cm slightly dusty lower marginThis intricate anthropomorphic map (the artist also produced a zoomorphic companion piece) was issued soon after the outbreak of the First World War. Italy, initially neutral, pokes a head from a giant boot, eyes swiveling in both directions while contemplating which way to jump. This is a German map, and the Central Powers are the heroes of the piece. Bees issuing from a German hive represent the scions of the nobility. Spreading out across the