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Auction 115, Lot 617

"Corsica [on sheet with] Sardinia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Mediterranean, Corsica and Sardinia

Period: 1607 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7 x 5.5 inches
17.8 x 14 cm
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Boldly engraved charts of the two islands on one sheet, each enclosed in its own border, with separate title and distance scale cartouches. Both with fully engraved seas. Latin text on verso.

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Condition: A+

Lovely impression and coloring.

Estimate: $150 - $180

Sold for: $150

Closed on 6/21/2006

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