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Auction 127, Lot 509

"Namurcum Comitatus",

Subject: Belgium

Period: 1700 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20 x 16 inches
50.8 x 40.6 cm
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Handsome map of the region surrounding the city of Namur based on the once secret map of Jacques Surhon (1555). The bold decorations include a title cartouche featuring a coat of arms and four putti, an unusual compass with a costumed surveyor, and a large scale of miles cartouche. A sharp example which shows well.

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Condition: B+

Fine impression and original color. Light damp stain at top. Repaired small hole in top blank margin. One tiny area of surface paper loss below Dinant, else fine.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 2/25/2009

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