Strahlenberg (Philip Johan von) and others. Large collection of over 50 maps of Sweden, Scandinavia, and other maps of Europe, from Värnanäs Manor, Sweden, including 'Charta ofver Stockholms och Upsala Hofdingedomen...', Homann's 'Insulae Danicae in Mari Balthico Sitae', a slightly compromised impression of Homann's 'Plan der Belagerung von Fridrichshall', Strahlenberg's scarce map of Russia, 'Nova Descriptio Geographica Tattariae Magnae . . . Imperii Russici', and many other maps of Sweden and its environs, including several plans of European cities, including Geneva, Lille, and 'Plan Routier de la Ville et Faubourgs de Paris 1784', and others, engravings, some hand-colouring, various sizes, largest 740 x 1050 mm (29 1/8 x 41 1/4 in), handling creases, surface dirt and browning, some nicks and losses, all unframed, loose, in oversized portfolio, [17th to 19th century] (c. 50)
Provenance:
Värnanäs Manor, Sweden; then by descent.
Strahlenberg (Philip Johan von) and others. Large collection of over 50 maps of Sweden, Scandinavia, and other maps of Europe, from Värnanäs Manor, Sweden, including 'Charta ofver Stockholms och Upsala Hofdingedomen...', Homann's 'Insulae Danicae in Mari Balthico Sitae', a slightly compromised impression of Homann's 'Plan der Belagerung von Fridrichshall', Strahlenberg's scarce map of Russia, 'Nova Descriptio Geographica Tattariae Magnae . . . Imperii Russici', and many other maps of Sweden and its environs, including several plans of European cities, including Geneva, Lille, and 'Plan Routier de la Ville et Faubourgs de Paris 1784', and others, engravings, some hand-colouring, various sizes, largest 740 x 1050 mm (29 1/8 x 41 1/4 in), handling creases, surface dirt and browning, some nicks and losses, all unframed, loose, in oversized portfolio, [17th to 19th century] (c. 50)
Provenance:
Värnanäs Manor, Sweden; then by descent.
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