Auction: December 8, 2024

Lot #307: Jan Jansson (Dutch, 1588-1664) "Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae" Hand Colored Copper Engraving Map

1649, second state, having the inscription "Sumptibus Joannis Janssonii" near lower edge left of center, color example of this map of Lithuania at its grandest scale (including Poland, Ukraine and part of Russia), including a large inset of the Dnieper River, after the 1613 map by Hessel Gerritsz (Dutch, 1581-1632), having black letter typeface text to verso, retaining the paper mounting stub at centerfold