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Auction 180, Lot 551
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"Principatus Transilvaniae in Quinque Nationes Earumque Regiones et Comitatus...", Homann, Johann Baptist

Subject: Romania

Period: 1716 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.5 x 18.8 inches
57.2 x 47.8 cm
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This handsome map of the Transylvania region of Romania is boldly engraved to show the mountainous topography. The only major city that appears here is the fortified Hermanstatt Zeben (Sibiu), but there are hundreds of tiny villages located. The map is adorned with a large title cartouche decorated in a military theme with a note underneath discussing the region's cultural make-up.

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Condition: A

A sharp impression with full contemporary color on a sheet with an elephant watermark, two tiny worm holes in the image, and marginal soiling.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $275

Closed on 11/18/2020

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