Catalog Archive
Auction 120, Lot 666

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

Subject: Corsica, Sardinia

Period: 1631 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.4 x 5.5 inches
18.8 x 14 cm
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Two delicately engraved small maps of Corsica and Sardinia on a single sheet. Each is filled with depictions of the topography and cities and is adorned with ribbon style cartouches. The map was engraved by Petrus Kaerius. German text on verso.

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Condition: B+

Nice impression with an archivally repaired, and nearly invisible, tear that enters the map of Sardinia.

Estimate: $130 - $180

Sold for: $140

Closed on 7/18/2007

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