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Auction 193, Lot 443
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"Livoniae et Curlandiae Ducatus cum Insulis Adjacentib. Mappa Geographica Exhibiti", Lotter, Tobias Conrad

Subject: Baltic

Period: 1770 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.8 x 19.3 inches
57.9 x 49 cm
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This attractive map of Estonia and Latvia shows the fortified towns of Riga, Tallinn, and Goldingen 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 lovely title cartouche was engraved by Abraham Drentwet and features Mercury, Ceres, and a fisherman.

References:

Condition: A

A nice impression with full contemporary color on a bright sheet with a printer's crease at top center and a light dampstain in the top margin.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $275

Closed on 6/21/2023

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