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Auction 121, Lot 606

"Prussia", Mercator/Jansson

Subject: Poland, Lithuania

Period: 1631 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.5 x 5.6 inches
19.1 x 14.2 cm
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Delightful small map shows the region of present-day Poland and Lithuania. Fully engraved to detail rivers, lakes, forests and mountains and filled with place names. The decorative title cartouche, two ships and a sea monster fill the Baltic. German text on the verso.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $130

Closed on 9/26/2007

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