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Auction 155, Lot 534

"Italie", Sanson/Mariette

Subject: Italy

Period: 1665 (circa)

Publication: L'Europe

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9.4 x 8 inches
23.9 x 20.3 cm
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Delicately engraved map of Italy including Corsica, Sicily, and Sardinia, and extending to the Balkan coast. The title is enclosed in small strapwork cartouche. Engraved by A. Peyrounin.

References: Pastoureau, SANSON VII B [9].

Condition: A

A crisp impression on watermarked paper with original outline color and later color in the cartouche. There are two worm tracks confined to the top blank margin.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $75

Closed on 11/18/2015

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