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Auction 190, Lot 495

"Fluviorum in Europa Principis Danubii cum Adiaceniibus Regnis, nec non Totius Graeciae et Archipelagi Novissima Tabula", Homann, Johann Baptist

Subject: Southeastern Europe

Period: 1716 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.7 x 19.1 inches
57.7 x 48.5 cm
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A handsome map of Italy, Greece, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Hungary, a portion of Turkey and the Balkans. The course of the Danube River prominently crosses to the Black Sea, and a small inset in the Tyrrhenian Sea shows the source of the Danube. Decorative cartouche with river gods, a Pegasus and a dragon.

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Condition: B+

A crisp impression with full contemporary color, light soiling, a narrow bottom margin, and two printer's creases at bottom right, one of which has been archivally reinforced on verso. There are archival repairs to separations along the centerfold and to a couple of short tears parallel to the centerfold.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $275

Closed on 11/16/2022

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