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Auction 119, Lot 477

"Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria…", Mercator/Jansson

Subject: England & Wales

Period: 1628 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8 x 5.6 inches
20.3 x 14.2 cm
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A handsome little map of southwest England with Cornwall and south Wales. It is adorned with strapwork title and scale of miles cartouches. Latin text on verso.

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Condition: B

Remargined at the right and bottom to extend margins trimmed nearly to the neatline.

Estimate: $130 - $160

Sold for: $120

Closed on 5/9/2007

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