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 (A) #5960-32.
Condition: B
A nice impression with moderate toning along the centerfold, faint offsetting, and several small damp stains confined to the blank margins.