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Auction 121, Lot 518

"Burgundia, Com.", Ortelius/Galle

Subject: France

Period: 1588 (published)

Publication: Epitome du theatre

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.1 x 3.1 inches
10.4 x 7.9 cm
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A nice miniature map of the Franche-Comte region centered on Besançon, formerly a fiefdom of the dukes of Burgundy. French text on verso.

References: King (2nd Ed. ) pp. 140-41.

Condition: A

Nice old color on a strong sheet with some minor toning. The verso has a French sentence in a manuscript ink contemporary to the map.

Estimate: $90 - $140

Sold for: $60

Closed on 9/26/2007

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