In 1692 Johann Ulrich Müller (1633-1715) published a small geographical work entitled ‘Geographia Totius Orbis Compendiaria’. In the same year a German edition appeared called ‘Kurtbuendige Abbild-und Vorstellung der Gantzen Welt’. To illustrate both works Müller provided a new series of 103 maps. Mostly unsigned, it would seem that the engraver was one of the Bodenehr family. G. C. Bodenehr signs the engraved frontispiece. Tooley’s ‘Dictionary of Mapmakers’ declares the relationships between the various Bodenehrs of the period have not been determined and identifies three G. Bodenehrs. Gabriel, elder and younger, and Georg Conrad (1663-1710), who may well be our engraver. Other authorities assign them to one of the Gabriels.

A third expanded edition was published in 1702, under the title ‘Neu=aussgefertiger Kleiner Atlas’ in Ulm by Georg W. Kuehnen offered here, and in Frankfurt by Johann Philipp Andrea. These later expanded editions are rare, only the Wardington example has been recorded at auction since 1993. Provenance: Hartung & Hartung, Munich 27 April 1993 lot 811. King pp. 25 & 160-1; refer Phillips 512; refer Shirley BL T.Mull 1a; Tooley’s ‘Dictionary’.