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Auction 195, Lot 559
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"Ducatus Slesvicensis in Omnes suas Praefecturas Circulos et Provincias Distinte Divisus", Wit, Frederick de

Subject: Northern Germany

Period: 1687 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.4 x 19.3 inches
56.9 x 49 cm
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This large, boldly engraved map of the Schleswig-Holstein region names the fortified cities of Tonning, Husum, Sonderborg, Flensborg, and Sleswight. Shoals and passages are fully engraved in the sea. Decorated by a banner-style title cartouche being held aloft by putti and a distance scale featuring the region's coat of arms.

References: Carhart (De Wit) #88.2

Condition: B

A nice impression with scattered foxing.

Estimate: $220 - $250

Sold for: $160

Closed on 11/15/2023

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