{"product_id":"antique-map-of-transylvania-1740","title":"Antique map of Transylvania, 1740","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"569\"\u003eAlexis-Hubert Jaillot and Reiner \u0026amp; Joshua Ottens’ \u003cem data-start=\"50\" data-end=\"127\"\u003eNova Transilvaniae Principatus Tabula, ad Usum Serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis\u003c\/em\u003e (1740) is a distinguished eighteenth-century map of Transylvania that reflects the refinement of French and Dutch cartographic traditions at their height. Combining Jaillot’s authoritative geographic framework with the Ottens family’s accomplished Amsterdam engraving and publishing, the map presents the Principality of Transylvania as both a political territory and a strategically significant borderland within Central and Eastern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"571\" data-end=\"1217\"\u003eThe composition depicts Transylvania in remarkable detail, bounded and contextualized by Hungary, Wallachia, Moldavia, and Ottoman frontier regions. Mountain ranges, river systems, fortified towns, and administrative divisions are meticulously rendered, emphasizing the region’s dramatic topography and political complexity. Cities such as Cluj, Sibiu, and Brașov appear alongside smaller settlements and military sites, illustrating a landscape shaped by trade, defense, and multiethnic settlement. Relief is expressed through elegant hachuring, while roads, waterways, and territorial boundaries reveal the map’s practical and diplomatic value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1219\" data-end=\"1710\"\u003eCharacteristic of Jaillot and the Ottens workshop, the map balances scientific precision with baroque ornament. An elaborate title cartouche and finely engraved decorative elements lend grandeur befitting a map dedicated “for the use of the Most Serene Duke of Burgundy,” suggesting both aristocratic patronage and the prestige of geographic knowledge. Typography, composition, and engraving exhibit the clarity and sophistication associated with the finest European mapmaking of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1712\" data-end=\"2043\"\u003eHistorically, the map reflects Transylvania during a time of shifting Habsburg influence following the decline of Ottoman power in the region. 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