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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 115 - closed 6/21/2006

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Lot #594: "Valence, Ville forte d' Italie des Estats de Milan" Nicholas de Fer

Antique map chart Valence Ville forte d Italie des Estats de Milan
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Estimate:
$110.00 - $150.00
Sold for: $80.00

Lot 594
By: Nicholas de Fer
Subject: Italy
Date: 1705

Publication: Les Forces de l' Europe…

Condition: A
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Color: hand color

Size: 10.8 x 7.5 inches
27.5 x 19.1 cm

Fine fortification plan depicts Valenza located on the banks of the Po River. The chart is oriented with north at bottom. Nicolas de Fer held the title of Geographer at Louis XIV's court. He was one of the most prolific publishers of plans of European cities in the late seventeenth century.

Worm tracks in margin corner, well away from map.


Ref: Pollak #21, p. 40.

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