BRANDENBURG, PRUSSIA. CARTE DES ETATS DU ROY DE PRUSSE, L'ETAT DE SA MAISON, LA CHRONOLOGIE ET LES ESTAMPES DES ELECTEURS, ET AUTRES SOUVERAINS, QUI SONT ISSUS

BRANDENBURG, PRUSSIA. CARTE DES ETATS DU ROY DE PRUSSE, L'ETAT DE SA MAISON, LA CHRONOLOGIE ET LES ESTAMPES DES ELECTEURS, ET AUTRES SOUVERAINS, QUI SONT ISSUS taken from: Atlas historique, ou Nouvelle Introduction à l`histoire, a la chronologie et a la Geographie Ancienne et Moderne..., ed. Chatelain Brothers' Bookstore, Amsterdam 1708; the central part of the engraving is occupied by a family tree with 16 portraits of representatives of the Hohenzollern dynasty from the time of the burgraves of Nuremberg, the Prussian princes and finally the kings in Prussia; the tables on the left and right detail the state system: the persons of the court including the kitchen and musicians, the royal council broken down into individual cameras, the organization of the army and the church; in the upper part a map showing the possessions of Prussia with a breakdown of the most important cities and provinces; miedz. p.-b.; st. bdb., minor tear at bottom of fold; board dimensions: 457x346 mm.