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Auction 133, Lot 478

"Territorium Norimbergense", Blaeu, Willem

Subject: Germany

Period: 1640 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.5 x 14.3 inches
47 x 36.3 cm
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Centered on Nuremberg with the surrounding countryside pictorially presented. The map is decorated with a large title cartouche surmounted by the trumpeting, female representation of Fame. The cartouche is composed of engraving and book binding tools representing the major trade of Nuremberg. At right is a large inset plan of the city with a key to the major buildings. Dutch text on verso.

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Condition: A+

Fine impression, old color and wide original margins. There are a few tiny worm holes in the top margin, still a very fine example.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $250

Closed on 9/1/2010

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