Princess Maria Romanoff & July Estate Finds

Johann Baptist Homann Map St. Petersburg

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Start price: $350

Estimated price: $700 - $900

Buyer's premium: 28%

Sales Tax: On the lot's price and buyer's premium

Johann Baptist Homann (German, 1664-1724). Hand colored engraved map, Topographische Vorstellung der Neuen Russischen Haupt-Residenz und See-Stadt St. Petersburg. Circa early 18th century. 2 pages with vertical fold at center seam. Unframed. Sheet 21" x 25". Stored rolled. Toning and foxing throughout, 1704 written in pencil upper right corner, several small tears from bottom edge into lower margin and in left and right margins at lower corners, creasing to corers, some losses to color along seam, small tears at upper and lower ends of center seam. Provenance: Estate of Princess Maria "Mimi" Romanoff.

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