1650 – M. Merian – Livonia vulgo Lyefland

Title:                      “Livonia vulgo Lyefland”
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Description:
Nice  map of the Baltic Sea coast from Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Gotaland, and parts of Sweden (including Stockholm) and Finland (including Helsinki). The map includes a decorative cartouche, the coats of arms for Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Curland, Lithuania, Samogitia, Moscovia and Ingriae, along with a number of ships in the Baltic and Snus Finnicus.

Cartographer:       Matthaus Merian (1593 – 1650)
Sheet size:            37,5 x 31,5 cm​​
Year:                      1650​
Technique:            copper engraving

Condition:
Good condition. Reinforced margins at the back of map (probably because it has been in frame before). Thin paper, narrow margins, centerfold as published.

This is a genuine antique map published in 1650 and not a modern copy or reprint!