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Auction 199, Lot 408

"Baltia, quae et Scandia, Finningia, Cimbrica Chersonesus &c.", Sanson, Nicolas Fils

Subject: Scandinavia

Period: 1654 (dated)

Publication: Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.1 x 13.1 inches
33.3 x 33.3 cm
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This is a simple, yet elegantly engraved map depicting ancient Scandinavia. The map focuses on the rivers and lakes and shows tribal divisions without place names.

References: Pastoureau, SANSON V [105].

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with wide margins and the bunch of grapes watermark of papermaker Benoit Colombier. There is faint offsetting.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 9/11/2024

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