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Auction 126, Lot 569

"Prussiae Nova Tabula", Cluver, Philipp

Subject: Poland

Period: 1697 (published)

Publication: Introductionis in Universam Geographicam

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13 x 10.4 inches
33 x 26.4 cm
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The finely engraved map covers northeastern Poland from about Gdansk to Lithuania, and includes the present-day Russian enclave of Kaliningrad Oblast. The map is filled with detail and engraved with forests, mountains, fortresses. Large decorative title cartouche with compass rose completes the composition.

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Condition: A+

Issued folding, now flattened.

Estimate: $250 - $325

Sold for: $275

Closed on 12/3/2008

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