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Auction 111, Lot 493

"Tabula Geographica exhibens districtum inter Weichselmundam et promontorium Reesehoeft", Pufendorf, Samuel, Baron von

Subject: Poland

Period: 1697 (published)

Publication: Histoire du regne de Charles Gustave, roy de Suede

Color: Black & White

Size:
13.2 x 10.7 inches
33.5 x 27.2 cm
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Fine map of the Gulf of Gdansk featuring the city of Gdansk, Westerplatte Fort and the old Fort Bousmard. The chart is oriented with north to the bottom by a lovely compass rose. A fleet of ships fills the gulf and the map is adorned with a drape-style title cartouche and a picture frame-style border.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $180 - $220

Sold for: $130

Closed on 6/8/2005

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