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Auction 112, Lot 525

"Russia", Keere, Pieter Van Den

Subject: Russia

Period: 1610 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.9 x 3.3 inches
12.4 x 8.4 cm
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Small map engraved by Van den Keere (Petrus Kaerius) for the Map-treasury, a rival to Ortelius' pocket atlas, first issued in 1598 by Barent Langenes and Cornelis Claesz. The map covers European Russia and the adjoining part of Tartary. Dutch text on verso.

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Condition: B

Bit of minor surface soil and several place names faintly underlined in brown ink. Tiny worm hole in blank margin.

Estimate: $110 - $150

Sold for: $170

Closed on 9/28/2005

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