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

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

Casauboni Notae ad Lib

text in Latin and German

slightly dusty lower margin

armorial bookplate (reinstated on front pastedown) of Henry Sinclair

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