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Auction 152, Lot 501

"Lithuania", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Eastern Europe

Period: 1623 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas sive Cosmographicae…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.4 x 14.8 inches
44.2 x 37.6 cm
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This is an early map of Lithuania and a portion of Poland and present-day Belarus from the Baltic Sea down to the juncture of the Bog and Dnieper Rivers. The map is detailed with pictorial illustrations of forests and cities, and adorned with a strapwork cartouche. Latin text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1730:1A.

Condition: A

A clean and bright example with attractive color and a professionally repaired centerfold separation in bottom blank margin.

Estimate: $700 - $900

Sold for: $700

Closed on 2/18/2015

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