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Auction 128, Lot 529

"Plan des Villes de Londres et de Westminster et de leurs Faubourgs avec le Bourg de Southwark", Fer, Nicolas de

Subject: England, London

Period: 1705 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.3 x 9.8 inches
33.8 x 24.9 cm
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This bold, bird's-eye plan shows London at the dawn of the eighteenth century, with key listing 113 locations numbered on the map. The plan covers the extent of the city from St. James's Park, Bloomsbury, Stepney, and Kennington. Finely engraved by Charles Inselin.

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Condition: A

There are some minor spots in the blank margins.

Estimate: $375 - $450

Sold for: $275

Closed on 5/20/2009

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