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Auction 175, Lot 388

"Livonia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Baltic

Period: 1619 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.6 x 14.4 inches
47.2 x 36.6 cm
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This is a beautiful map of present-day Estonia, Latvia, and part of Lithuania. It is fully engraved to illustrate the forests, cities, and villages, and is embellished with a strapwork title cartouche and scale of miles. French text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1710:1A.

Condition: A

A nice impression on a bright sheet with a short crease near the center of the image that has been pressed flat and professionally reinforced on verso.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $250

Closed on 11/13/2019

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