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Auction 197, Lot 457
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"Prussia Accurate Descripta a Gasparo Henneberg Erlichensi", Blaeu, Willem

Subject: Baltic

Period: 1644 (circa)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.7 x 15.1 inches
50 x 38.4 cm
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This superb map of the Prussian Empire covers present day Poland, Lithuania, and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad (here Konigsperg). The map is filled with detail of towns, political boundaries, rivers, lakes, and forests. Latin text on verso, published between 1644-55.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #1720:2B.

Condition: B+

A sharp impression with full contemporary color, some errant color in the legend in the Baltic, faint toning, and marginal foxing mostly confined to the blank margins.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $190

Closed on 4/24/2024

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