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

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Lot #617: "Corsica [and] Sardinia" Mercator/Hondius

Antique map chart Corsica and Sardinia
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Estimate:
$150.00 - $180.00
Sold for: $150.00

Lot 617
By: Mercator/Hondius
Subject: Mediterranean, Corsica and Sardinia
Date: 1607

Publication: Atlas Minor

Condition: A+
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Color: hand color

Size: 7 x 5.5 inches
17.8 x 14.0 cm

Boldly engraved charts of the two islands on one sheet, each enclosed in its own border, with separate title and distance scale cartouches. Both with fully engraved seas. Latin text on verso.

Lovely impression and coloring.

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