Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2019 NYINC Auction 11-12 Jan 2019
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Coinciding with the Great Northern War (1700-1721), a plague ravaged much of the Circum-Baltic and East-Central Europe regions for over a decade. First recognized in a Swedish military hospital in 1702, the outbreak followed trade and military routes, landing in Prussia in 1709. By 1711, areas all around the Baltic Sea were recording incidences. Finally, in 1712, it reached Hamburg. While Hamburg, with its estimated death toll around 10-15% of the population, was far less than most major cities on a percentage basis (Riga, for example, was among the hardest hit, with an estimated loss of 60-70% of the total inhabitants), the absolute casualties, which likely neared 10,000, was among the most extreme.
Estimate: $1000.00- $1500.00