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Auction 176, Lot 483
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"Geneve Genff", Merian, Matthaus

Subject: Geneva, Switzerland

Period: 1640 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
10.7 x 7.6 inches
27.2 x 19.3 cm
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This elegantly engraved plan focuses on the city of Geneva in Switzerland. There is great detail of the fortifications, and several cathedrals are depicted. The Rhone River is shown flowing out of Lake Geneva. Geneva's coat of arms, featuring the Imperial Eagle and the Key of St. Peter, appears at bottom left.

References: cf. Shirley (BL Atlases) G.MERI-23a #170.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a watermarked sheet with marginal foxing.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Unsold

Closed on 2/12/2020

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