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Auction 132, Lot 518
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"Moschovia Nuova Tavola", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Eastern Europe, Russia

Period: 1561 (circa)

Publication: La Geografia de Claudio Tolomeo…

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.3 x 7.2 inches
23.6 x 18.3 cm
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An early map that includes portions of present-day Latvia and Lithuania, Belarus and the Ukraine. Riga and Vilnius are both named, and the map is filled with pictorial representations of topography as well as small tents to represent Tartar camps. Latin text on verso with large historiated letter C.

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Condition: B+

Toned along centerfold.

Estimate: $200 - $275

Unsold

Closed on 6/2/2010

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