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Auction 179, Lot 588
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"Regni Poloniae et Ducatus Lithuaniae Voliniae, Podoliae Ucraniae Prussiae, Livoniae et Curlandiae Descriptio", Wit, Frederick de

Subject: Eastern Europe & Baltic

Period: 1690 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22 x 19 inches
55.9 x 48.3 cm
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Finely engraved map of the region from the Baltic Sea (including part of southeastern Sweden) south to Austria and Hungary and east to include a bit of the Black sea. The map is filled with detail of hundreds of tiny villages, forests, marshes, mountains and rivers. The title cartouche is held aloft by a host of putti and tiny ships sail the Baltic.

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Condition: B

Scattered foxing with a 8" centerfold separation at bottom that has been closed on verso with old paper. There is some related light staining from the adhesive used to make the repair.

Estimate: $600 - $750

Sold for: $450

Closed on 9/16/2020

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