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Auction 186, Lot 531
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"Lacus Lemannus", Mercator/Cloppenburgh

Subject: Lake Geneva, Switzerland

Period: 1630 (circa)

Publication: Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9.9 x 7.2 inches
25.1 x 18.3 cm
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Handsome map of Lake Geneva with good detail of surrounding towns and villages. The map is decorated with a strapwork cartouche that incorporates the distance scale, and a compass rose orients north to the bottom left corner of the sheet. French text on verso, published between 1630-36.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #4985:353.

Condition: A

A nice example on a sturdy sheet of watermarked paper with marginal foxing.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 2/9/2022

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