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Auction 91, Lot 264

"Saxoniae Inferioris Circulus… [together with] Saxoniae Superioris Circulus…",

Subject: Germany

Period: 1742 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10 x 7.8 inches
25.4 x 19.8 cm
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Matched pair of small maps. First covering the Northwest part of Germany from the Danish border to Thuringen and from Osnabruck to Berlin. Second covers the Southern part of Saxony as far south as Bohemia. Fully engraved with mountains, rivers, forests, cities, and fortifications. Each with a lovely title cartouche surrounded by people and animals. Original, full body color with uncolored cartouches. Close margins, as issued, with the second map having margins extended for framing.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $180 - $250

Sold for: $150

Closed on 6/14/2000

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