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Poland; "Regni Poloniae et Ducatus Lithuaniae Voliniae, Podoliae Ucraniae Prussiae, Livoniae et Curlandiae Descriptio" (sold)
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Category: |
Maps |
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Geographic location: |
Europe |
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Title: |
Regni Poloniae et Ducatus Lithuaniae Voliniae, Podoliae Ucraniae Prussiae, Livoniae et Curlandiae Descriptio |
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Cartographer / Publisher: |
Frederick de Wit |
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Date: |
1680 |
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Technique: |
Copper engraving |
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Dimensions: |
48x56 |
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Colouring: |
Old coloured in outline |
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Condition: |
Fairly good. Some old-time repairs along map edge. Some age discoloration. |
Description
Finely engraved map of the region from the Baltic (including part of southeastern Sweden) south to Austria and Hungary and east to include a bit of the Black sea. The map is filled with detail of hundreds of tiny villages, forests, marshes, mountains and rivers. The title cartouche is held aloft by a host of putti and tiny ships sail the Baltic
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