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Auction 177, Lot 402

"Ducatuum Livoniae et Curlandiae cum Vicinis Insulis Nova Exhibitio Geographica", Homann, Johann Baptist

Subject: Estonia & Latvia

Period: 1716 (circa)

Publication: Grosser Atlas uber die Gantze Welt…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.8 x 19.1 inches
57.9 x 48.5 cm
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This attractive map of Estonia and Latvia shows the fortified towns of Goldingen and Derpt and is filled with hundreds of tiny villages, forests, marshes, mountains and rivers. The islands of Saaramaa and Hiiumaa (Dagho, Oesel) are prominent in the Gulf of Riga. The sheet is decorated with a drape-style title cartouche held aloft by weapon-wielding putti and a scale cartouche in the opposite corner.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression on a clean, bright sheet of watermarked paper with a tiny centerfold separation at bottom that has been archivally repaired.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $400

Closed on 4/29/2020

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