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Auction 103, Lot 388

"Cercle de la Haute Saxe", Le Rouge, George Louis

Subject: Germany

Period: 1748 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Nouveau

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10.7 x 8.2 inches
27.2 x 20.8 cm
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Nice copperplate engraving of upper Saxony, showing the Elbe River flowing northwards out of the Central Highlands through Saxony, and into the north German plain. The great fortress cities are easily identified. Decorative title cartouche features a large telescope.

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Condition: A

Pleasant later color.

Estimate: $130 - $160

Unsold

Closed on 6/11/2003

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