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"Prussia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Baltic, Poland

Period: 1623 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas sive Cosmographicae…

Color: Hand Color

Size:

19.4 x 14.6 inches
49.3 x 37.1 cm

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A handsome map depicting present-day Poland and Lithuania. The map is fully engraved with rivers, lakes, forests and mountains and is filled with place names. An ornate title cartouche fills the Baltic Sea. Latin text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1720:1A.

Condition: A

Nice impression and color with professional repairs to a tiny hole in image at right, a 1" tear in image at bottom center, and a chip along centerfold confined to bottom blank margin.

Estimate: $300 - $400

Sold for: $200

Closed on 2/18/2015

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"Prussia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Baltic, Poland

Period: 1623 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas sive Cosmographicae…

Color: Hand Color

Size:

19.4 x 14.6 inches
49.3 x 37.1 cm

A handsome map depicting present-day Poland and Lithuania. The map is fully engraved with rivers, lakes, forests and mountains and is filled with place names. An ornate title cartouche fills the Baltic Sea. Latin text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1720:1A.

Condition: A

Nice impression and color with professional repairs to a tiny hole in image at right, a 1" tear in image at bottom center, and a chip along centerfold confined to bottom blank margin.

Estimate: $300 - $400

Sold for: $200

Closed on 2/18/2015

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"Prussia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Baltic, Poland

Period: 1623 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas sive Cosmographicae…

Color: Hand Color

Size:

19.4 x 14.6 inches49.3 x 37.1 cm

A handsome map depicting present-day Poland and Lithuania. The map is fully engraved with rivers, lakes, forests and mountains and is filled with place names. An ornate title cartouche fills the Baltic Sea. Latin text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1720:1A.

Condition: A

Nice impression and color with professional repairs to a tiny hole in image at right, a 1" tear in image at bottom center, and a chip along centerfold confined to bottom blank margin.

Estimate: $300 - $400

Sold for: $200

Closed on 2/18/2015

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19.4 x 14.6 inches
49.3 x 37.1 cm