Subject: Poland
Period: 1644 (circa)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.1 x 16.3 inches
51.1 x 41.4 cm
This splendid map of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth extends just past Lublin in the east and Krakow in the south. There is excellent detail of towns, rivers, and forested areas. The map is handsomely adorned with an allegorical title cartouche, the coat of arms of Poland held aloft by putti, and a distance scale surrounded by putti and the coat of arms of Silesia. Latin text on verso, published between 1644-55.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #1900:2.
Condition: A
Original color on watermarked paper with two small, unobtrusive spots in bottom corners and a faint damp stain in bottom blank margin, far from map.
