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Auction 135, Lot 520

"Circulus Saxoniae Inferioris in omnes suos Status et Principatus accurate divisus ex conatibus", Homann, Johann Baptist

Subject: Germany

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22 x 18.5 inches
55.9 x 47 cm
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This map is filled with information and hundreds of villages and towns. Dozens of fortified cities are shown, including Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Osnabruck, Minden, and Magdeburg. The large title cartouche features the goddesses Diana and Demeter and a river god representing the great Elbe River, which is a major feature of the map.

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Condition: A

Fine example with flawless image and original margins. The bottom 2" of centerfold professionally repaired on verso.

Estimate: $160 - $200

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Closed on 2/16/2011

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