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Auction 185, Lot 434

"Carte d'Europe Divisee en ses Empires et Roymes...", Clouet, Jean Baptiste Louis

Subject: Europe

Period: 1764 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
25.1 x 19.1 inches
63.8 x 48.5 cm
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This uncommon map of Europe is densely engraved with towns, roads, rivers, lakes, counties, etc. The decorative title cartouche features imagery of war.

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Condition: B+

Contemporary outline color on a bright sheet with the watermark of a Maltese cross encircled in rosary beads. There is light soiling and some extraneous creasing along the centerfold.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $180

Closed on 11/17/2021

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