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Auction 185, Lot 488

"Carte des Provinces Unies des Pays Bas. Tiree des Cartes les Plus Correctea...", Delisle, Guillaume

Subject: Low Countries

Period: 1702 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24.4 x 18.7 inches
62 x 47.5 cm
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An interesting later issue of Delisle's map of the Low Countries showing hundreds of towns, villages, churches, rivers, marshes and roads. A beautifully engraved title cartouche in the upper left names Cassini and Snellius as contributors to this edition and is adorned with mythological and allegorical figures, including Neptune, Mercury, and putti fishing with a net. Engraved by Lièbaux le fils.

References:

Condition: B+

Contemporary outline and wash color in the map with later color in the cartouche on a sturdy sheet with the watermark of a Maltese cross encircled in rosary beads. There is light toning and soiling in the image, an archivally repaired centerfold separation at bottom, and dampstains along the edges of the sheet, entering the image in the bottom corners.

Estimate: $190 - $220

Unsold

Closed on 11/17/2021

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