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Auction 195, Lot 612

"Le Theatre de la Guerre sur les Frontieres des Deux Empires Depuis Vienne Jusques a Constantinople. Ou se Trouvent la Hongrie, la Transilvanie, la Valaquie, la Moldavie...", Fer, Nicolas de

Subject: Balkans

Period: 1717 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24.9 x 18.9 inches
63.2 x 48 cm
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As the title explains, this map extends from Vienna, Austria to Constantinople, Turkey, illustrating the theater of war during the War of Spanish Succession. The map is densely engraved with towns, roads, political boundaries, rivers, mountains, and forests. Engraved by Herman van Loon.

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Condition: B+

Contemporary outline color on a bright sheet with the watermark of a Maltese cross encircled in rosary beads. There is light soiling, a bit of offsetting, and some extraneous creasing around the centerfold. There are light dampstains along the edge of the sheet, not affecting the image.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $150

Closed on 11/15/2023

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