Large map of Berlin Schleuen 1757

LARGE MAP OF BERLIN. Schleuen, J. D. / Schmettau. 1757. Engraved wall map of Berlin with 4 smaller maps and many important buildings on the sides.Die Königl. Residenz Berlin, so wie selbige seit Ao. 1734 unter voriger Königl. Regierung erweitert, auch von Sr. jetzt regierenden Königl. Maj. noch mehr verändert, verbessert und mit vielen prächtigen Gebäuden vermehret worden. (..).Printed on four joined paper sheets. About 790 x 855 mm. Framed.A very accurate plan of Berlin, showing for the first time the demolition of the old fortifications. It is the most important Berlin map of the 18th century, and a further development of Samuel von Schmettau´s great city map. The plan has 57 insets of important buildings and a statue, as well as four insets depicting historical maps of Berlin in the years 1650, 1688, 1700 and 1723. A text compares Berlin most favorably to Paris, London Athens and the pallaces of Asia. An impressive prospect created by order of Fredrick the Great, as the Prussian sta