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Auction 192, Lot 511
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"Lithuania", Cluver/Jansson

Subject: Eastern Europe, Lithuania

Period: 1661 (published)

Publication: Introductionis in Universam Geographiam

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8 x 5.8 inches
20.3 x 14.7 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. This map was originally engraved for the 1628 edition of Jansson's Atlas Minor and then published in this edition of Cluver's popular geography.

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

Condition: A

A sharp impression on a watermarked sheet with light toning along the edges.

Estimate: $180 - $210

Sold for: $130

Closed on 4/26/2023

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