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"Riga", Merian, Matthaus
Subject: Riga, Latvia
Period: 1707 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Black & White
Size:
10.4 x 8.6 inches
26.4 x 21.8 cm
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This delightful bird's-eye plan of the Latvian city of Riga foregrounds a cluster of ships in the Daugava. There is excellent detail of the fortfications. A key at bottom locates fourteen churches and bulwarks. The city's coat of arms appears at top left. A compass rose orients north to the top left.
References: cf. Shirley (BL Atlases) G.MERI-15a #12.
Condition: A
A crisp impression on a bright sheet with light tape stains in the blank margins, well away from the image.
Estimate: $200 - $230
Price: $150
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