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Title:: Perspectivische vorstellung des berühmten Blocken
Description:: 1 view : hand col. ; 48 x 56 cm. Relief shown pictorially. Decorative cartouche held by mythical birds. Includes index to some physical features and places. From Homann Heirs, "Atlas Selectus". View has two figures dancing on mountain and witches flying on goats and brooms above the mountain. According to popular legend Brocken Mountain is the meeting place of the Walpurgis Night or Witches' Sabbath, the "Brocken scene" in Goethe's Faust is set here, it is often referred to as Blocksberg. View of Brocken Mountain from the Northeast looking Southwest.
Creator:: Homann Erben (Firm)
Provider:: University of Michigan
Resource Class:: Maps
Date Issued:: 1749
Place:: Germany-- Saxony-Anhalt--The Brocken, Germany--Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Rights:: This map is in the public domain.
Rights Holder:: Please attribute access and use of this digitized map to the Stephen S. Clark Library, University of Michigan Library. https://www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/policies/copyright-policy
Access Rights:: Public
Format:: JPEG
Language:: French
Date Added:: 2021-04-16