Description
Decorative map Europe, Iceland and part of Greenland, with sea monsters and land creatures in the sea and on land.
Large decorative cartouche and characters.
Scherer's Atlas Novus was a 7 volume compendium which demonstrated his unique style and devout Jesuit religious values. The atlas was engraved by a young Johann Baptiste Homann and others, demonstrating a unique quality which makes this the first "thematic atlas".