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Auction 157, Lot 564

"Cataracta Aerea Monte Aeolic Italiae [on sheet with] A Cataract in the Duchy of Spoletto... [and] The Cataract of the Rhine... [and] Tabula Freti Siculi Charibdis... [and] Cataracta Hydrotechnica... [and] The Cataract of the Rhine att Coblents...", Cluver, Philipp

Subject: Italy & Switzerland

Period: 1697 (circa)

Publication: Introductio in Universam Geographiam…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.4 x 8.5 inches
34 x 21.6 cm
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This engraving depicts 6 different cataracts, including cataracts of air in Italy, a river cataract in the Duchy of Spoleto in Italy, an artificial cataract between Padua and Venice, cataracts of the Rhine River in Switzerland, and a cataract in the Strait of Messina.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with a few small spots and light toning along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 5/4/2016

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