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Auction 119, Lot 655

"Sarmatia et Scythia, Russia et Tartaria Europae", Cluver, Philipp

Subject: Europe - Eastern

Period: 1697 (published)

Publication: Introductionis in Universam Geographicam

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10 x 9.3 inches
25.4 x 23.6 cm
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Handsome copper engraved map portraying the region from Poland to the Ural Mountains and from Scandinavia to the Black and Caspian Seas. The map is fully engraved featuring mountains, forests, and towns, with many ancient place names. A decorative title cartouche lies in the Caspian Sea.

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Condition: B

A close margin and fold separation on the lower right binding edge has been professionally extended and reinforced.

Estimate: $120 - $160

Sold for: $60

Closed on 5/9/2007

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