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Auction 126, Lot 629

"Tuscia", Mercator/Jansson

Subject: Italy

Period: 1628 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.3 x 5.6 inches
18.5 x 14.2 cm
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Lovely, small map of Tuscany with the cities of Florence, Sienna and Rome named, among others. It is crisply engraved and shows forests, mountains and bridges. Adorned with a strapwork cartouche that incorporates the scale and title. French text on verso.

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Condition: A

Faint damp stains in the blank margins.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $120

Closed on 12/3/2008

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