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Auction 172, Lot 486

"Circulus Suevicus in quo sunt Ducatus Wirtenbergensis, Marchionatus Badensis, & Burgoviensis...", Wit, Frederick de

Subject: Southern Germany

Period: 1690 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.8 x 19.1 inches
57.9 x 48.5 cm
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Fine, large map of southern Germany including Heidelberg, Augsburg, Stuttgart, Constance and Strassburg. Densely engraved with information and fortifications prominently shown. The map is decorated with a drape-style title cartouche and sixteen coats of arms of the region surrounded by putti.

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Condition: B+

A dark impression with full contemporary color and short centerfold separations at top and bottom, with the bottom one closed on verso with tape.

Estimate: $160 - $180

Sold for: $160

Closed on 4/17/2019

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