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Auction 108, Lot 358

"Namurcum", Guicciardini, Lodovico

Subject: Belgium

Period: 1612 (circa)

Publication: Description de Touts les Pais-Bas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.6 x 9.5 inches
32 x 24.1 cm
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A fine bird's-eye plan of the town of Namur at the confluence of the Sambre and Muese rivers. Rendered in the style popularized by Braun and Hogenberg with figures in the foreground, strapwork title cartouches and coats of arms. Published by Blaeu.

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Condition: A

Light damp stains in margins barely encroaching at top corners.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $160

Closed on 9/29/2004

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