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Auction 145, Lot 624

"Roma Vetus", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Rome, Italy

Period: 1719 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Black & White

Size:
16.9 x 13.1 inches
42.9 x 33.3 cm
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This attractive copper engraving shows a bird’s eye view of the fortified city of Ancient Rome with the Tiber river flowing through its walls. The plan shows numerous buildings, churches, monuments, and theaters with a large key at bottom naming 196 different locations. North is oriented to the left. Derived from earlier works by Braun & Hogenberg and Jodocus Hondius.

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Condition: B

Watermarked paper with several ink notations in the image and blank margins. There are centerfold separations at top (entering 1/2" into map) and bottom (confined to blank margin) that have been closed on verso with archival tape.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Unsold

Closed on 6/12/2013

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