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Auction 198, Lot 380

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

Subject: Estonia & Latvia

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.1 x 19.3 inches
58.7 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: B+

Contemporary color on a watermarked sheet with a professionally repaired 4.5" tear adjacent to the centerfold. Some minor edge chips and tears in the margins have also been archivally repaired.

Estimate: $220 - $250

Sold for: $110

Closed on 6/19/2024

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