Tobias Konrad Lotter - Hand-coloured map - Palatinatus Inferior, sive Electoratus Palatinus Ad Rhenum

Tobias Konrad Lotter - Hand-coloured map - Palatinatus Inferior, sive Electoratus Palatinus Ad Rhenum
”Palatinatus Inferior, sive Electoratus Palatinus Ad Rhenum"


The tormented geography of the Rheinish Palatinate (in pink). Hand-coloured copper engraving by Conrad Lotter, published by Matthäus Seutter in or around 1750.

The map depicts the Lower Palatinate, also known as the Electorate of the Palatinate, along the Rhine River. It features detailed geographical information, including cities, towns, rivers, forests, and mountains of the region, with a decorative cartouche in the corner. The map is richly colored, typical of Seutter's style, and provides an intricate representation of 18th-century territorial boundaries and landmarks in this part of what is now southwestern Germany.