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Auction 108, Lot 386

"Perchensis Comitatus - La Perche Comte [on sheet with] Comitatus Blesensis Auctore Ioanne Temporio - Blaisois", Blaeu, Willem

Subject: France

Period: 1660 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.7 x 15.2 inches
50 x 38.6 cm
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Two maps on one sheet, each with its own decorative title cartouche. These maps detail the region of the Loire River. Perchensis includes the cities of Mortagne, Nogent-le-Rotrou and Vendome. The map of Blaisois, from surveys by Joannes Temporius, covers the neighboring region with Orleans, Bourges and Blois. Dutch text on verso.

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Condition: B

Minor offsetting.

Estimate: $180 - $230

Sold for: $90

Closed on 9/29/2004

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