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Auction 106, Lot 386

"Helvetiae Rhetiae & Valesiae cum omnibus finitimis regionibus Tabula Vulgo Schweitzerland", Jansson, Jan

Subject: Switzerland

Period: 1656 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21 x 16.4 inches
53.3 x 41.7 cm
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Great map of the whole of Switzerland graphically depicting the mountainous region. Densely engraved with information including even the tiniest of villages. Each corner is embellished with a cartouche with the title cartouche flanked by two surveyors. Latin text on verso.

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Condition: A

Original color.

Estimate: $500 - $550

Sold for: $350

Closed on 3/3/2004

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