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Auction 131, Lot 497

"A New Map of Europe, According to the Present General Divisions, and Names of its Countries together with their Capital Cities Chief Rivers Mountains &c.", Wells, Edward

Subject: Europe

Period: 1714 (published)

Publication: A New Sett of Maps both of Antient and Present Geography

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.3 x 14.4 inches
49 x 36.6 cm
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Attractive copper engraved map of Europe with a modest amount of detail. Italy and Ireland are strangely shaped. The large title cartouche is surmounted with the coat of arms of William Duke of Gloucester, who was Wells' student at Oxford. Engraved by Michael Burghers.

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Condition: B+

Faint toning on centerfold and in the blank margins.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $200

Closed on 3/17/2010

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