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Auction 170, Lot 449

"Magna Britannia Complectens Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae Regna in Suas Provincias et Comitatus Divisa", Homann, Johann Baptist

Subject: Britain

Period: 1713 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.5 x 19 inches
57.2 x 48.3 cm
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Large decorative map of the British Isles with a huge title cartouche featuring an allegorical representation of Britannia and a host of putti in a cloud background with a portrait of Queen Anne and the royal coat of arms. This is the first of two plates, second state, with two lines from Ovid added above the Queen's portrait.

References: Shirley (BI to 1750) Homann #2.

Condition: B+

A crisp impression with a couple tears/splits along the centerfold that have been archivally repaired on verso, light soiling, and a tiny hole in the title cartouche.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $225

Closed on 11/14/2018

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