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Auction 128, Lot 607

"Perchensis Comitatus - La Perche Comte [on sheet with] Comitatus Blesensis Auctore Ioanne Temporio - Blaisois", Blaeu, Willem

Subject: France

Period: 1645 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.7 x 15.2 inches
50 x 38.6 cm
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Two maps on one sheet, each with its own decorative title cartouche. These maps detail the region of the Loire River. Perchensis includes the cities of Mortagne, Nogent-le-Rotrou and Vendome. The map of Blaisois, from surveys by Joannes Temporius, covers the neighboring region with Orleans, Bourges and Blois. Latin text on verso.

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Condition: A

Nice impression and lovely old color. There are a couple tiny tears on the paper edges, well away from the map, and remnants of hinge tape on verso.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Unsold

Closed on 5/20/2009

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