Riga


Name of map     : Riga

Cartographer    : S. Münster, 1489-1552;

Stock number    : 1701

Date of map     : 1555

Area displayed  : The City of Riga;

Plate size      :  (woodcut) 100 x 158 mm;

Page signature  : 787-788 (from Münster's Cosmographey)

On verso and below woodcut: description and woodcut of Behem.

Paper thickness and quality: average thickness; good;

Paper   color   :  white;

Age of map color:  old, original color;

Imperfections

     margins    : none;

     plate area : none;

     verso      : small piece of paper in corner;

Overall quality :perfect/excellent/very good/good/fair/mediocre/poor

Additional remarks: a very early, beautiful and important view of Riga;

Price           :   Euro 215


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