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Auction 175, Lot 393
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"Nova et Accurata Descriptio Totius Fioniae Vulgo Funen", Jansson/Pitt

Subject: Southern Denmark

Period: 1680 (published)

Publication: Atlas

Color: Black & White

Size:
20 x 15.9 inches
50.8 x 40.4 cm
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This is an uncommon and very fine map of Fyn, Langeland, and Als. It is beautifully engraved and decorated with a coat of arms and sailing ships, and the cartouches are adorned with hunters and putti. This edition, published by Pitt, includes the additions of a plate number "XXXIV" at top right and a graticule.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1530:1B.2.

Condition: A

A dark impression on a wide-margined sheet with a "P" watermark, minor offsetting, an a soft crease adjacent to the centerfold. There is light soiling along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $85

Closed on 11/13/2019

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