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Auction 155, Lot 525

"Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae Parte", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Western Balkans

Period: 1638 (published)

Publication: Atlas Novus

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.3 x 14.1 inches
46.5 x 35.8 cm
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This nice copper-engraved map details the course of the Danube and its tributaries across the northwestern Balkans with the political divisions of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Dalmatia. The title is enclosed in a strapwork title cartouche, and the sea is stipple engraved with scroll lettering. Latin text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #7601:1.2.

Condition: A

A clean and bright example with attractive color and several minor printer's creases. There are archival repairs to a short centerfold separation and a couple of tiny tears in the blank margins.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Unsold

Closed on 11/18/2015

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