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Auction 152, Lot 439

"Flandriae Comitatus in Ejusdem Subjacentes Ditiones Accuratissime Divisus una cum Adjacentibus", Visscher, Nicolas

Subject: Western Belgium

Period: 1700 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.8 x 19.3 inches
57.9 x 49 cm
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This map of the historical region of Flanders traces the coastline from Grevelingen to Zeeland at de Hont oste Westerschelde, south to below Douay, and east to Brussels. Beautifully engraved and highly detailed, the map shows political divisions, forests, roads, canals, hundreds of tiny villages, and several fortified towns including Brussels and Antwerp. A purely decorative cartouche appears at bottom left, featuring a Belgian lion coat-of-arms, a soldier, a river god, and a cornucopia.

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Condition: B+

A clean, bright example with superb original color and professional repairs to a small hole at left, a centerfold separation that enters 2.5" into map at bottom, and an adjacent 1" tear.

Estimate: $250 - $325

Sold for: $120

Closed on 2/18/2015

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