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Auction 141, Lot 411

"[Lot of 2] Parte Settentrionale del Regno d'Inghilterra… [and] Parte Meridionale del Regno d'Inghilterra…", Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria

Subject: England & Wales

Period: 1691 (circa)

Publication: Atlante Veneto

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24 x 18 inches
61 x 45.7 cm
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Bold and beautifully engraved set of two maps of the northern and southern portions of England and Wales, each with decorative cartouches and coats-of-arms. Detail includes counties, towns, rivers, islands, etc. The counties are grouped into the seven ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. The northern sheet includes a large inset map of the British Isles enclosed in a drape-style cartouche.

References: Shirley (BI to 1750) Coronelli 2.

Condition: B

Watermarked paper with light stains along centerfold and a few minor spots. There are archival repairs to centerfold separations, tiny tears along the centerfold, and a small tear near London.

Estimate: $550 - $650

Sold for: $400

Closed on 9/5/2012

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