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Auction 202, Lot 486

"Comitatus Mansfeldiae Descriptio. Auctore Tilemanno Stella Sig.", Valck and Schenk

Subject: Central Germany

Period: 1700 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19 x 14.9 inches
48.3 x 37.8 cm
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This attractive regional map centers on Mansfeld with nice detail along the Wipper and Saale Rivers. The map is graphically engraved to illustrate the forests and mountains and is filled with place names. The map is based on the cartography of Tilemann Stella. Blank verso.

The plate was originally engraved by Jan Jansson. After his death it was inherited by his son-in-law, known as Jansson-Waesberg, who added a graticule and published it in conjunction with Moses Pitt. The map was then acquired by Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valck, who added more graticule lines and added their imprint at bottom left.

References: cf, Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #2150:1B.2.

Condition: A

A sharp impression with full contemporary color on a bright sheet with a small abrasion along the centerfold and some stains confined to the blank margins.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Unsold

Closed on 2/12/2025

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