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Auction 117, Lot 596

"Lithuania", Mercator/Jansson

Subject: Eastern Europe - Lithuania & Belarus

Period: 1628 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8 x 5.6 inches
20.3 x 14.2 cm
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Appealing small map covering the region of Lithuania and present-day Belarus. Finely engraved to show cities, villages, rivers and forests and decorated with a title cartouche incorporating the distance scale. Latin text on verso.

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Condition: A

Small damp stain and an old brown ink notation in upper blank margin.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $140

Closed on 12/6/2006

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