Subject: Eastern Poland
Period: 1665 (dated)
Publication: Cartes Generales de Toutes les parties du Monde...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
21.5 x 16.2 inches
54.6 x 41.1 cm
This simple map of eastern Poland is centered on the Vistula and Bug River valleys and includes the cities of Warsaw (Varsovia), Lublin, Chelm. The forests and marshlands are pictorially represented and the river system dominates the map. Adorned with a decorative cartouche featuring a pair of archers.
References: Malinowski (MCC-43) #393; Pastoureau, SANSON V D [196].
Condition: A
A dark impression on a bright sheet with a large coat of arms watermark with three fleur-de-lis.