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Auction 122, Lot 526

"Descriptio Veromanduorum Auctore Ioanne Suthonio Gallice Vermandois [on sheet with] Gouvernement de la Cappelle par P. petit Bourbon", Blaeu, (Family)

Subject: France

Period: 1640 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20 x 15.3 inches
50.8 x 38.9 cm
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Two fine decorative maps on one sheet. The first centers on Saint Quentin with a lovely title cartouche and a scale of miles held by a musketeer. The second map includes Marle, Leon, Vernins and is decorated with three cartouches. A fine example of Blaeu's work, with imprint of both Willem and Joan Blaeu. German text on verso.

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Condition: A

Early color on a thick sheet of bright paper with a nice impression and wide, original margins.

Estimate: $180 - $230

Unsold

Closed on 12/5/2007

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