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Auction 140, Lot 584
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"Alsatia Inferior", Mercator, Gerard

Subject: France and Germany

Period: 1630 (circa)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.1 x 14.4 inches
43.4 x 36.6 cm
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Handsome map of the region around Strasbourg and the Rhine River, with west oriented at the top. The decorative strapwork cartouche incorporates the distance scale. Fully engraved to illustrate the rivers, forests and mountains and locate hundreds of tiny villages. French text verso.

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Condition: B+

Lightly toned with wide margins. There are light damp stains, a few tiny worm tracks, and a small hole at far right that are all confined to blank margins.

Estimate: $220 - $250

Sold for: $160

Closed on 5/23/2012

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