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

Lehmann-Dumont’s Satirical Map of Europe in 1914 Printed Area Measurement_30 x 23.5 cmThis 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

slightly dusty lower margin

ink stamp confirming corrections to November 1911

Casauboni Notae ad Lib

original hand colour in outline with modern additions

and possibly even referencing the early coastal bombardments of towns such as Scarborough)

As well as public transport

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

highly successful edition of the full-size atlas in 1606)

armorial bookplate (reinstated on front pastedown) of Henry Sinclair

text in Latin and German

Bensley and Son

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