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"Riga". Hand-colored copper etching. Published in "Theatrum Praecipuarum Urbium, Postarum Ad Septentrionalem Europae Plagam" by Janssonius. Amsterdam, 1657. RARE! A large, very detailed bird's eye view of the Latvian capital with a lively ship staffage.

Latvia: "Riga"

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"Riga".

Hand-colored copper etching. Published in "Theatrum Praecipuarum Urbium, Postarum Ad Septentrionalem Europae Plagam" by Janssonius. Amsterdam, 1657. RARE!

A large, very detailed bird's eye view of the Latvian capital with a lively ship staffage.

Verso text: Latin

Condition: Very Good

39.3 x 50 cm (15.5 x 19.7")

capital of Latvia; Baltic states; Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. 

 

 

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