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Auction 142, Lot 497

"[Lot of 2] Parte Septentrional do Reyno de Portugal [and] Partie Meridional do Reyno de Portugal", Sanson, Nicolas

Subject: Portugal

Period: 1654 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.3 x 16.5 inches
54.1 x 41.9 cm
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This matching pair of maps depicts northern and southern Portugal. Large cities are depicted with miniature bird's-eye views, and mountains and forests are illustrated pictorially. Each map has decorative title and scale of miles cartouches. The northern sheet is adorned with a large ship bearing a dedication to John IV of Portugal, the King of Portugal and the Algarves from 1640 until his death in 1656.

References: Pastoureau, Sanson V A [72] & [73].

Condition: B+

Watermarked paper with light soiling. The northern sheet has a couple of minute worm holes near cartouche, and has been remargined at bottom with part of the neatline in facsimile.

Estimate: $600 - $750

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Closed on 11/28/2012

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