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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 110 - closed 3/2/2005

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Lot #427: "L' Isle de France Parisiensis Agri Descriptio" Mercator/Jansson

Antique map chart L Isle de France Parisiensis Agri Descriptio
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Estimate:
$110.00 - $150.00
Sold for: $80.00

Lot 427
By: Mercator/Jansson
Subject: France
Date: 1630

Publication: Atlas Minor

Condition: A
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Color: hand color

Size: 7.5 x 5.2 inches
19.1 x 13.2 cm

Charming little map of the department with Paris. Fully engraved with mountains and forests by Petrus Kaerius and embellished with a ribbon-style title cartouche. German text on verso.

Impression is slightly uneven, with plate ink residue, else fine.

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