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  • Circulus Saxoniae, Inferioris in quo sunt Ducatus Holsatiae, Meklenburgi, Lauwendurgi, Luneburgi, Brunsuigi, Bremae et Ferdae, Comitatus Dannebergi, Archiepiscopatus Maegdenburgensis, Episcopatus Hildesiae et Halberstad.

Circulus Saxoniae, Inferioris in quo sunt Ducatus Holsatiae, Meklenburgi, Lauwendurgi, Luneburgi, Brunsuigi, Bremae et Ferdae, Comitatus Dannebergi, Archiepiscopatus Maegdenburgensis, Episcopatus Hildesiae et Halberstad.

  • ARTIST: Frederick de Wit

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Abraham Wolfgang, Amsterdam.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: c.1688.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 19 1/4 x 22 3/8" (491 x 569 mm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A detailed map of a region in north western Germany. Cartouches depict cherubs playing with a series of coat of arms and a bowl of fruit and wheat. This map was issued in Wolfgang's "Atlas Minor" which is a compilation of maps originally issued by Blaeu, de Wit, Visscher and others.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition, save some soiling in margins and a repaired tear in lower.Original hand color with gold leaf highlights.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps