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Auction 121, Lot 493

"[Lot of 2] Ichnographia Rutcopiae Langelandiae Oppidi post occupatam Insulam…1659 [and] Delineatio Oppidi Koeg [on sheet with] Delineatio Geometrica Oppidi Koeg", Pufendorf, Samuel, Baron von

Subject: Denmark

Period: 1697 (published)

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

Color: Black & White

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This pair of plans is from Pufendorf's chronicle on The Northern Wars and military campaigns of Sweden's King Charles X.

1) Ichnographia Rutcopiae Langelandiae Oppidi post occupatam Insulam…1659 is a beautifully engraved plan of the fortified town of Rutkioping on the island of Langeland. Fully engraved sea includes two large rowboats filled with sailors engaged in a ferocious battle at close range. The sheet is decorated with a scroll-style cartouche, compass rose and picture frame borders (12 x 9.5"). 2) Delineatio Oppidi Koeg / Delineatio Geometrica Oppidi Koeg, two plans of Koege; prior to fortification in 1659, and after completion of the fortress in 1660. Embellished with nice cartouches and a bold border (12.2 x 9.8").

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Condition: B

Bit of faint foxing on both and a repair of a tear to the right margin on the first view.

Estimate: $180 - $230

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Closed on 9/26/2007

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