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Auction 121, Lot 7

"[Lot of 3] Gerardus Mercator [and] Petrus Bertius [and] Petrus Plancius", Buys/Vinkeles

Subject: Portaits

Period: 1790 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
3.5 x 5.8 inches
8.9 x 14.7 cm
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Set of three copper engravings of these famous cartographers, from a Dutch dictionary. The oval portraits are surrounded in handsomely engraved frames with titles below.

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Condition: A

Sharp impressions on fine laid paper with some minor toning in the margins.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $160

Closed on 9/26/2007

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