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Auction 131, Lot 667
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"Tractus Borysthenis vulgo Dniepr et Niepr dicti, a Kiovia ad Urbum Oczakow ubi in Pontum Euxinum se exonerat", Jansson/Pitt

Subject: Eastern Europe, Dnieper River

Period: 1680 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.3 x 18.2 inches
54.1 x 46.2 cm
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Superb map showing the course of the Dnieper River. The map is presented in the strip style with three horizontal strips, each with a compass rose orienting the map. Richly embellished with an elaborate title cartouche surrounded by hunters and a distance scale cartouche topped with putti. The plate was originally engraved by Jan Jansson. After his death it was inherited by his son-in-law, known as Jansson-Waesberg, who published it in conjunction with Moses Pitt.

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Condition: A

Sharp impression with just a hint of toning along the centerfold, overall very good.

Estimate: $600 - $700

Sold for: $900

Closed on 3/17/2010

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