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Auction 115, Lot 530

"Giula", Bodenehr, Gabriel

Subject: Hungary, Gyula

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
8 x 5 inches
20.3 x 12.7 cm
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This boldly engraved plan details the small fortified town of Gyula, in south-eastern Hungary close to the border with Romania. The town is surrounded by a moat and tall protective walls. Individual buildings are depicted and a second inner moat protects the important buildings, towers and church. Title is within a banner-style cartouche.

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Condition: B+

Very crisp impression with some layout lines visible in title area. Some light printer's ink smudges in image. A little marginal soiling and foxing.

Estimate: $70 - $90

Unsold

Closed on 6/21/2006

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