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Auction 203, Lot 425
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"Riga", Merian, Matthaus

Subject: Riga, Latvia

Period: 1707 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
10.4 x 8.6 inches
26.4 x 21.8 cm
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This delightful bird's-eye plan of the Latvian city of Riga foregrounds a cluster of ships in the Daugava. There is excellent detail of the fortfications. A key at bottom locates fourteen churches and bulwarks. The city's coat of arms appears at top left. A compass rose orients north to the top left.

References: cf. Shirley (BL Atlases) G.MERI-15a #12.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with light tape stains in the blank margins, well away from the image.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Unsold

Closed on 4/23/2025

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