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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 133 - closed 9/1/2010

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Lot #407: "Seconde Partie de la Carte d'Europe contenant le Danemark et la Norwege, la Suede, et la Russie (a l'exception de l'Ukraine)" Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville

Antique map chart Seconde Partie de la Carte d Europe contenant le Dan
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Estimate:
$180.00 - $220.00
Sold for: $350.00

Lot 407
By: Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
Subject: Northern Europe
Date: 1758

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Condition: B+
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Color: hand color

Size: 39.7 x 27 inches
100.9 x 68.6 cm

This finely engraved chart covers the region from Denmark through to the Urals, and all of Scandinavia. The map is filled with great detail of the terrain and watershed and names scores of small towns and villages. Large decorative title cartouche with eight distance scales below. Large inset at upper left shows the island of Iceland. Engraved by G. De la Haye.

Original outline color with good impression on thick paper with original margins. A small area of foxing or toning at lower right in map and a short tear from left into map, closed on verso.

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