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Auction 184, Lot 453

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"[Lot of 2] Carte du Royaume d'Angleterre Projettee et Assujettie aux Observations Astrononomiques [and] Carte du Royaume d'Ecosse...", Bonne/Lattre

Subject: Britain

Period: 1771-87 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16.6 x 11.9 inches
42.2 x 30.2 cm
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An attractive pair of maps with their own borders that together encompass all of Great Britain. Both sheets are divided into counties with detail of cities and towns, rivers, and topography filling the interior. Each sheet is adorned by a decorative title cartouche engraved by Arrivet and four distance scales.

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Condition: B+

Contemporary outline color on a watermarked sheet with minor foxing and a hint of offsetting.

Estimate: $150 - $180

Sold for: $42

Closed on 9/15/2021

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