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Auction 187, Lot 412
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"Prussia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Baltic

Period: 1609 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - L'Atlas ou Meditations Cosmographiques…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.2 x 14.4 inches
48.8 x 36.6 cm
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A handsome map depicting present-day Poland and Lithuania. The map is fully engraved with rivers, lakes, forests and mountains and is filled with place names. An ornate title cartouche fills the Baltic Sea. French text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #1720:1A.

Condition: B+

Full contemporary color with scattered foxing and short centerfold separations confined to the top and bottom blank margins.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $150

Closed on 4/27/2022

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