Europe - Russia

Type: Etching; Support: Thick laid paper with watermark; Condition: Excellent plate impression, good state of preservation with slight traces of foxing and browning; Signs of wear of time; editorial fold in the center with yellowing, cut in the upper and lower center and along the lower left side; the whole as shown in the photo; Shipping: Insured shipment via Bartolini/DPD courier. To take advantage of the insurance coverage, any damage to the parcel must be contested and reported to the courier at the time of delivery. Otherwise, it will not be possible to activate the insured reimbursement procedure; Provenance: From a private collection; Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724) was the most important German cartographer and engraver of the 18th century, renowned for revolutionizing the map market in Germany and founding a highly successful editorial dynasty. Franz Ludwig Gussefeld (born December 6, 1744 in Osterburg; died June 17, 1807 in Weimar) was an important German cartographer and geographer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He gained great fame mainly for his maps, which were extremely precise and scientifically solid.

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