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Auction 138, Lot 617
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"Polonia et Pars Silesiae", Bucelin, Gabriel

Subject: Poland

Period: 1658 (published)

Publication: Praecipuarum Universi Terrarum Orbis

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.3 x 2.5 inches
10.9 x 6.4 cm
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This tiny map is very scarce, and illustrates the region of the Odra and Wista river valleys with major towns located. In the first edition of King's book on miniature maps, he attributed Bucelin's maps to Johann Praetorius who was the publisher of Historiae Universalis Auctarium, which was often bound with the Praecipuarum Universi. Latin text on verso.

References: King (2nd ed.) pp. 126-127.

Condition: A

Light show-through of text on verso.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $140

Closed on 12/7/2011

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