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Auction 120, Lot 596

"Bohemia", Mercator/Jansson

Subject: Czech Republic

Period: 1628 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.5 x 5.7 inches
19.1 x 14.5 cm
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A wonderful little map of the circle of Bohemia with Prague near the center. It is boldly engraved in Mercator's style with mountains, forests and hundreds of tiny villages and is graced with a pair of strapwork cartouches. Latin text on verso.

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Condition: A

One tiny worm track in the margin, well away from the map.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $80

Closed on 7/18/2007

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