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Auction 100, Lot 359

"Moscow", SDUK Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Subject: Russia

Period: 1836 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14 x 13 inches
35.6 x 33 cm
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Handsome and boldly engraved plan of the city centered on the Kremlin that names all major streets and many public places and buildings. Details many fortified areas. Beautiful vignette of the Church of the Assumptions, and another large view of the city from Sparrow Hill.

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Condition: A

Ivory toned paper, good coloring and impression. One tiny spot.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $90

Closed on 9/12/2002

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