Current Auction
"Baltia, quae et Scandia, Finningia, Cimbrica Chersonesus &c.", Sanson, Nicolas Fils
Subject: Scandinavia
Period: 1654 (dated)
Publication: Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde
Color: Hand Color
Size:
13.1 x 13.1 inches
33.3 x 33.3 cm
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This is a simple, yet elegantly engraved map depicting ancient Scandinavia. The map focuses on the rivers and lakes and shows tribal divisions without place names.
References: Pastoureau, SANSON V [105].
Condition: A
A crisp impression on a bright sheet with wide margins and the bunch of grapes watermark of papermaker Benoit Colombier. There is faint offsetting.
Estimate: $200 - $230
Price: $150
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$1000 - $2500$100
$2500 - $5000$250
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