78/5587 [Lithuania]. "Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae, Caeterarumque Regionum Illi Adiacentium Exacta Descriptio." Large contempory handcol. map by HESSEL GERARD, w. decorative cartouches, compass rose and ships, 75,5x73,5 cm., Amst., W. Jansz. Blaeu, ±1645.

- Doubled; several dam. spots restored/ closed on verso; folded several times; fingersoiled; creased. Sold w.a.f.

= Koeman-Van der Krogt 1730/I:2A; Keuning/ Donkersloot-de Vrij, Willem Jansz. Blaeu, p.102-103. The 7th state (of 7). Famous map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, carried out at the expense of Prince Radziwill, Grand Marshall of Lithuania (1549-1616). Various historical and ethnographical details are engraved in this map, which is the earliest accurate printed map of Lithuania and remained so for a long time.