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Auction 195, Lot 492

"Ducatuum Livoniae et Curlandiae cum Vicinis Insulis Nova Exhibitio Geographica", Homann, Johann Baptist

Subject: Estonia & Latvia

Period: 1710 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.2 x 19.3 inches
58.9 x 49 cm
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This attractive map of Estonia and Latvia shows the fortified towns of Goldingen and Derpt 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 sheet is decorated with a drape-style title cartouche held aloft by weapon-wielding putti and a scale cartouche in the opposite corner.

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Condition: A

Full contemporary color in the map with later color in the cartouches, on a bright, watermarked sheet with a short centerfold separation at top. There are archival repairs to a centerfold separation at bottom and to a couple of short tears in the blank margins.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $200

Closed on 11/15/2023

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