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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 124 - closed 5/7/2008

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Lot #476: "Carte du Royaume de France ou sont Tracees Exactement les Routes des Postes" Gilles Robert de Vaugondy

Antique map chart Carte du Royaume de France ou sont Tracees Exactemen
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Estimate:
$200.00 - $275.00
Sold for: $350.00

Lot 476
By: Gilles Robert de Vaugondy
Subject: France
Date: 1762

Publication: Atlas Universel

Condition: A
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Color: hand color

Size: 20 x 18.5 inches
50.8 x 47.0 cm

An attractive map of France showing the postal routes throughout the country. The cities on the mail routes are marked with a tiny circle. The decorative cartouche shows a landscape scene in which a postal worker and his mail-laden horse prepare to ascend to a remote monastery.

A good impression with attractive color. There is a very faint crease in the left side of the map. The centerfold has been reinforced on the verso with tissue.


Ref: Pedley #86.

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