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Auction 183, Lot 365

"Belgica in Provincias Quatuor, et Populos Viginti, aut Circiter Distincta: et in ea Romania Itineraria ex Tabula Peutingeriana...", Sanson/Mariette

Subject: Belgium

Period: 1659 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.4 x 16.3 inches
49.3 x 41.4 cm
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This map shows the Roman Empire in present-day Belgium and is filled with ancient place names. Political boundaries, cities, imperial roads, and the extensive river system are well defined, based on the Peutinger Table. Adorned with a decorative cartouche featuring a pair of cherubs. Dated 1659 but published in 1667.

References: Pastoureau, SANSON VI [63].

Condition: A

A crisp impression with contemporary outline color in the map and later color in the cartouche on a bright sheet with a large coat of arms watermark. There is a bit of offsetting at right and some minor extraneous creasing along the centerfold.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Unsold

Closed on 6/9/2021

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