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Auction 141, Lot 401

"Anglesey [on sheet with] Wight Vectis Olim [and] Garnesay [and] Iarsay", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Channel Islands

Period: 1640 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17 x 12.6 inches
43.2 x 32 cm
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Very handsome folio sheet with four maps depicting the English islands Jersey, Guernsey (with Castle Cornet noted), Wight and Alderney. Each map with its own decorative title cartouche and distance scale. Latin text on verso.

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Condition: A

Minor show-through of text on verso with a few minute worm holes only visible when held to light. Margins have been trimmed, but there is still ample room for framing. A small chip in left blank margin has been repaired with old paper.

Estimate: $325 - $450

Sold for: $275

Closed on 9/5/2012

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