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Auction 180, Lot 407
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"Anglesey [on sheet with] Wight Vectis Olim [and] Garnesay [and] Iarsay", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Channel Islands

Period: 1619 (published)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.1 x 12.6 inches
43.4 x 32 cm
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Very handsome folio sheet with four maps depicting the English islands Jersey, Guernsey (with Castle Cornet noted), Wight and Alderney. Each map with its own decorative title cartouche and distance scale. French text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #5700:1A.

Condition: B+

Light toning with minor foxing on paper with a small coat of arms watermark.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/18/2020

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