Russia. Willem Blaeu (1571-1638) Tabula Russiae

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Russia. Willem Blaeu (1571-1638) Tabula Russiae. Amsterdam: Blaeu, c. 1644. Hand-colored, double folio page map of Russia, after the Hessel Gerritsz map of 1614, from the Blaeu Atlas, with text in Dutch printed on the verso, featuring the Russian Empire as it existed in the seventeenth century, with an inset aerial view of Moscow, an armorial cartouche, three Russian characters in regional garb, and a sea view of Arkhangelsk (called Archangel on this map),nicely matted, framed, 16 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

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