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Auction 159, Lot 452

"Artesia Comitatus", Mercator/Jansson

Subject: Northern France

Period: 1628 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7 x 4.8 inches
17.8 x 12.2 cm
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This decorative oval map of the northern province of Artois is embellished with title and scale cartouches and set within an elaborate scrolled border. It was most likely engraved by Abraham Goos who also published this plate in his Nieuw Nederlandtsch Caertboeck. Latin text on verso. This is a variant with "cum privileg." beneath the title cartouche.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) 3300:363.

Condition: A

On a watermarked sheet with a bit of toning along the top edge of the sheet.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Unsold

Closed on 9/14/2016

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