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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 121 - closed 9/26/2007

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Lot #444: "Nova & Accuratissima Celeberrimae Universatatis Oppidique Cantabrigiensis Ichnographia" David Loggan

Antique map chart Nova Accuratissima Celeberrimae Universatatis Oppid
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Estimate:
$1,600.00 - $1,800.00
Sold for: $1,400.00

Lot 444
By: David Loggan
Subject: England, Cambridge
Date: 1688

Publication: Cantabrigida Illustrata

Condition: A+
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Color: hand color

Size: 20.6 x 16 inches
52.4 x 40.7 cm

A scarce plan of Cambridge details the early university town with a decorative key to the important structures in the bottom of the map. The many colleges are noted, as are the markets, churches and other buildings of note. A dedication to Rev. Francis Turner is supported by a pair of putti and topped with a crest and miter.

David Loggan (1634-1692) was born in Poland, and emigrated to Oxford, where he worked on a publication detailing all of the Oxford colleges. This was named Oxonia Ilustrata, and it was published in 1675. He followed this with a similar work on the colleges of Cambridge, Cantabrigida Illustrata, which was published in 1690.



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