Subject: Scandinavia
Period: 1720 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
22 x 19 inches
55.9 x 48.3 cm
Beautiful folio map of Scandinavia, including the Baltic States with a portion of northeastern Russia, locates Moscow, S. Michael Archangel, Konigsberg, and more. Elaborate figurative cartouche features a herald, putti, angels, a lion, and royal coat-of-arms. Four distance scales at upper right.
References: Phillips (Atlases) #5960-32.
Condition: B+
Original color on very heavy paper with light soiling, a printer's crease near centerfold at bottom, and faint damp stains that just enter map image at bottom.