Lot n° 934

Mappa metallographica celebris fodinae semnitziensis in Hungaria Superiori (...). S.l., Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, c. 1700, 45,5 x 71,4 cm, b/w (marg. waterstains, marg. tears rep., sl. splitt. c'fold rep., some tiny little holes). Good copy.

Estimation : 120 / 200
Adjudication : 450 €
Description
Rare engr. of the mining town of Banská Štiavnica (German: Schemnitz), published in the 1726 work "Danubius Pannonico-Mysicus" by the Italian naturalist and soldier L. F. Marsigli (1658 – 1730) (Wikipedia). Nice panoramic view of the mining town above and of the mineshafts with working miners below. Remarquable windrose.
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