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Auction 205, Lot 393

"Baltia, quae et Scandia, Finningia, Cimbrica Chersonesus &c.", Sanson, Nicolas Fils

Subject: Scandinavia

Period: 1694 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
12.6 x 12.9 inches
32 x 32.8 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: cf. Pastoureau, SANSON V [105].

Condition: B+

A crisp impression on a bright sheet that has been trimmed to just inside the border at top right. There is some light staining in the left blank margin.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $80

Closed on 9/10/2025

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