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Auction 151, Lot 485

"Les Acquisitions de la Suede sur le Danemarq...", Duval, Pierre

Subject: Baltic

Period: 1682 (published)

Publication: Le Monde ou la Geographie Universelle

Color: Hand Color

Size:
5.2 x 4.2 inches
13.2 x 10.7 cm
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This miniature map shows the seventeenth century territorial acquisitions of Sweden within Denmark and Poland, based on the treaties of Bromsebro (1645), Copenhagen (1660), and Oliva (1660). Pierre Duval was Nicolas Sanson's nephew and pupil. He published a wide range of atlases and individual maps including a fine miniature world geography with many of the maps based on Sanson.

References: King (2nd ed) pp. 132-135; Pastoureau, Duval XI Fa.

Condition: A

A nice impression on watermarked paper with very light offsetting.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $70

Closed on 11/19/2014

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