Subject: Northern Europe
Period: 1758 (dated)
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Color: Hand Color
Size:
39.6 x 27.3 inches
100.6 x 69.3 cm
This finely engraved map covers the region from Denmark through to the Urals, and all of Scandinavia. It is filled with great detail of rivers, lakes, coastlines, and topography and also names scores of small towns and villages. There is a large inset of Iceland at upper left and a large decorative title cartouche with eight distance scales at upper right. Engraved by Guillaume Delahaye.
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Condition: A
A crisp impression on a bright sheet of watermarked paper. There is a small chip, short edge tear and faint dampstain all confined to the bottom blank margin.