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"Prussia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Baltic

Period: 1619 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

Color: Hand Color

Size:

19.3 x 14.5 inches
49 x 36.8 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. French text on verso.

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

Condition: B+

A crisp impression on paper with a small coat of arms watermark, light toning and a few spots of foxing. There is a small paper flaw in the bottom blank margin.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $150

Closed on 4/29/2020

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"Prussia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Baltic

Period: 1619 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

Color: Hand Color

Size:

19.3 x 14.5 inches
49 x 36.8 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. French text on verso.

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

Condition: B+

A crisp impression on paper with a small coat of arms watermark, light toning and a few spots of foxing. There is a small paper flaw in the bottom blank margin.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $150

Closed on 4/29/2020

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"Prussia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Baltic

Period: 1619 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

Color: Hand Color

Size:

19.3 x 14.5 inches49 x 36.8 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. French text on verso.

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

Condition: B+

A crisp impression on paper with a small coat of arms watermark, light toning and a few spots of foxing. There is a small paper flaw in the bottom blank margin.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $150

Closed on 4/29/2020

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19.3 x 14.5 inches
49 x 36.8 cm