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Auction 179, Lot 593

"Lithuania", Mercator/Jansson

Subject: Eastern Europe, Lithuania

Period: 1630 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.9 x 5.7 inches
20.1 x 14.5 cm
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Appealing small map covering the region of Lithuania, Kaliningrad, present-day Belarus, and parts of Latvia and Poland. Finely engraved to show cities, villages, rivers and forests and decorated with a title cartouche incorporating the distance scale. German text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #1730:352.1.

Condition: A

A nice impression on a bright sheet with a tiny chip in the top blank margin. The alternate title at top is printed partially within the border.

Estimate: $180 - $210

Sold for: $180

Closed on 9/16/2020

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