ZURICH 1963 Axonometric 3-D Map HERMANN BOLLMANN Swiss Cartography SCARCE FINE

Description

Zurich - Bild und Stadtplan
designed by Hermann Bollmann, published by H.L. Balzer Kartenhaus, Zurich 1963
Fantastic, scarce vintage axonometric map of Zurich, Switzerland designed by the great cartographer Hermann Bollmann.  Amazingly detailed 3-D portrait of Zurich in 1963. Highly accurate and drawn with precision, the map is also labeled with important buildings and tourist destinations.  The map is double-sided, with a map of the Zurich region on the reverse.
With the original folder (text in German) featuring a detailed guide to the map, with the map attached to one flap, folded, as issued.
On Bollmann's famous map of New York City:
"Bollman’s map maintains scale equally throughout by an axonometric projection, a technique developed as early as the 15th Century.  Bollmann, a woodcarver and engraver, drew this spectacularly detailed map by hand from 50,000 ground and 17,000 aerial photographs to allow readers to view all parts of the map at the same scale.  T
he map exaggerates widths of streets to create a perfect amount of white space in which buildings sit.   The dense fabric of the city is represented at the same time as giving clarity to individual buildings.  Vertical exaggeration is used to give a sense of the skyscrapers soaring.  The street numbering is consistently placed and beautifully letter-spaced.
The rich detail invites closer inspection and the colouring, predominantly in pastel shades (to identify building function) with deep grey roof-tops mimics the grey skyline of Manhattan."
-- ICA Commission on Map Design
Unfolded map is 33 x 27".  Folder is 9.5 x 5".
Map is in fine condition with no wear or tears.  Folder and guide are age tanned with small cover edge spot and tiny edge tear.