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Auction 124, Lot 442

"Le Royaume de Danemark, Divise en ses Provinces", Jaillot, Alexis-Hubert

Subject: Denmark

Period: 1740 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.6 x 19.3 inches
59.9 x 49 cm
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This bold map of Denmark and southern Sweden is engraved to show rivers, marshes, shoals, forests, and towns. The sheet is decorated with fine title and scale cartouches surrounded by livestock and putti. Latin title above top border, "Nova Daniae Regni Tabula, ad Usum Serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis."

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Condition: A

Fine sharp impression and sturdy paper. Some soil in blank margins.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $275

Closed on 5/7/2008

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