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Auction 187, Lot 498
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"Hungaria Regnum", Hondius/Jansson

Subject: Hungary

Period: 1638 (published)

Publication: Atlas Novus...

Color: Black & White

Size:
17.4 x 14.5 inches
44.2 x 36.8 cm
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Budapest is at the heart of this handsome map. It covers most of present-day Hungary, but also includes a bit of Austria with Vienna in the upper left corner. Richly engraved with mountains, forests, and scores of towns and villages. The composition is balanced by a decorative title cartouche and distance scale in the lower corners. Latin text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #2800:1A.2.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with a chip along the top sheet edge, well away from the map image.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $120

Closed on 4/27/2022

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