An early 18th century map of Catholic Europe

SCHERER, Heinrich.

Status Religionis Catholicae in Europa per Mappam Geographicam Proposit.
Munich, 1700. Coloured. 240 x 360mm.

A map of Europe with the cities marked to show whether they were Catholic, non-Catholic or mixed. The large cartouche features the cruxifixion.
From 'Geographia Naturalis' by Heinrich Scherer, a Jesuit mathematician and geographer.


Stock ID : 23250