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Auction 119, Lot 523

"Ooster-Goe", Colom, Jacob Aertz

Subject: Netherlands

Period: 1660 (circa)

Publication: De Vyerighe Colom Klaer Vertoonende in Vyftich Onderscheydene …

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.7 x 6.2 inches
22.1 x 15.7 cm
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An attractive, small map of the Ooster-goe or the eastern lands of Friesland from Colom's only land atlas. Jacob Aertsz Colom started the Colom publishing company. He founded the Navigation School in Amsterdam, and published a number of fine sea charts, coasting pilots and this small atlas of Belgium and The Netherlands.

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Condition: B

Good impression on strong paper. The map has a light printer's smudge and one small stain in the map. The margins are generous with some light toning and subtle rounding of the corners.

Estimate: $110 - $120

Sold for: $110

Closed on 5/9/2007

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