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Auction 195, Lot 437

"L'Europe Dressee pour l'Etude, de la Geographie, Assujettie aux Observs. Astronomiques", Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Subject: Europe

Period: 1790 (dated)

Publication: Atlas General, Civil, Ecclesiastique et Militaire

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.6 x 11.2 inches
32 x 28.4 cm
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This handsome map shows eastern Europe occupied by Germany, Poland, Hungary and Turkey. The map features a landscape-style title cartouche and four faintly visible ships in the seas. Surrounded by a bold frame-style border printed from a separate copper plate.

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Condition: A

Full contemporary color on a bright sheet with minor soiling at bottom left.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $55

Closed on 11/15/2023

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