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Auction 105, Lot 383

"Disegno della Citta di Tournai…", Anon.

Subject: France

Period: 1750 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14 x 11.5 inches
35.6 x 29.2 cm
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Bird's-eye plan of the fortified city and surrounding farmland with a quaint scene of the cartographer drawing his map from a hillside. Inset is a view of the city with a banner title. Title in strapwork cartouche.

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Condition: A

Bit of faint foxing in key below and at edges of plan.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $110

Closed on 12/3/2003

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