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Auction 179, Lot 658

"Candia [on sheet with] Corfu [and] Zante [and] Milo [and] Nicsia [and] Santorini [and] Scarpanto", Mercator/Jansson

Subject: Crete

Period: 1630 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.9 x 5.6 inches
20.1 x 14.2 cm
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Crisply engraved, reduced version of Mercator's handsome map of Crete with small inset maps of the islands of Corfu, Zante, Milos, Naxos, Santorini and Scarpanto at top. It is decorated with strapwork title and scale cartouches at lower right. French text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #7900:352.1.

Condition: A

A bright sheet with minor show-through of text on verso.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $80

Closed on 9/16/2020

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