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Auction 107, Lot 326

"Giawle", Dahlberg, Count Erik Jonsson

Subject: Sweden

Period: 1700 (dated)

Publication: Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna

Color: Black & White

Size:
16.2 x 8.5 inches
41.1 x 21.6 cm
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Full-page panoramic view of Gavle on the Gulf of Bothnia. This detailed and beautifully engraved plan is dominated by a large cathedral. Dahlberg was adjutant-general and engineer adviser to Charles X of Sweden and founded the Swedish Engineer Corps.

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Condition: A

Lovely, dark impression on thick paper with watermarks. On two sheets, joined as issued.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $170

Closed on 6/9/2004

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