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"Ichnographia Delineatio Corsorae et Locorum Illi Adiacentium Maxime Castelli...", Pufendorf, Samuel, Baron von

Subject: Korsör, Denmark

Period: 1697 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.1 x 9.5 inches
30.7 x 24.1 cm
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This graphic map depicts the fortress and town of Korsör, where Swedish forces landed in preparation for the assault on Copenhagen. A ferocious sea battle appears in the foreground. Oriented with north to the left by a lovely compass rose, and surrounded by a picture-frame style border. Published in Pufendorf's chronicle on the Northern Wars and military campaigns of Sweden's King Charles X, which appeared in a German and a French edition in 1697.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) G.PUF-1a #92.

Condition: A

A sharp impression with a coat of arms watermark, minor creasing along the centerfold, and light toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Price: $100

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