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Auction 202, Lot 489

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"Lusatia Superior. Authore Barthol: Sculteto Gorlitio", Blaeu, (Family)

Subject: Eastern Germany & Southwestern Poland

Period: 1647 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20.7 x 16 inches
52.6 x 40.6 cm
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Attractive map of the historic region of Upper Lusatia, which was made up of the region where present-day Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic intersect. The region fell primarily within the Saxony state in Germany. Old city names include Lieba, Gorlitz, Dresden, Pirnaw, and Prybus, and many tiny villages are identified as well. The map is fully engraved to show mountains and forests, and is decorated with title and distance scale cartouches and a coat-of-arms. The title cartouche features a hunter with a dog and a falconer with a handsome bird. German text on verso, published between 1647-70.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #2882:2.

Condition: B

A nice impression with full contemporary color on a lightly toned sheet with a rust spot near the center of the image and minor extraneous creasing along the centerfold. Remargined at bottom with loss of the bottom neatline.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $55

Closed on 2/12/2025

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