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Auction 105, Lot 5

"[Frontispiece]", Anon.

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1715 (published)

Publication: Geographie Pratique

Color: Black & White

Size:
7.5 x 9.5 inches
19.1 x 24.1 cm
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A finely engraved and well-rendered frontispiece from this work by Chemereau. At center is a huge globe surrounded by an angel with two female scholars measuring the earth and making entries into a large book.

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Condition: A

Some binding holes and one missing area along binding side, away from image.

Estimate: $60 - $80

Sold for: $0

Closed on 12/3/2003

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