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Auction 125, Lot 495

"Les Couronnes du Nord Comprenant les Royaumes de Suede Danemarck et Norwege…", Janvier, Jean

Subject: Scandinavia

Period: 1762 (dated)

Publication: Lattre's Atlas Moderne…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.5 x 12 inches
44.5 x 30.5 cm
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Attractively engraved chart of Finland, Norway and Sweden. Good detail includes fjords, lakes and rivers, and numerous place names. Scope extends to include part of England and Scotland, Poland, European Russia, Prussia and Denmark. Decorative monument-style cartouche with crest accents.

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Condition: A

Good impression and original hand coloring on thick paper with large watermark. Very light toning along centerfold, still very good.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $80

Closed on 9/24/2008

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