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Auction 187, Lot 529
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"Lombardiae Alpestris Pars Occidentalis cu Valesia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Northern Italy

Period: 1621 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.2 x 5.7 inches
18.3 x 14.5 cm
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Handsome small map of the mountainous Lombardy region of northern Italy with the glacial lakes of Maggiore, Lugaro and Como roughly in the center and Lake Geneva to the left. The map is simply ornamented with a strapwork title cartouche that incorporates the distance scale. Latin text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #7011:351.

Condition: B

A dark impression with moderate toning and a spot of foxing at top left.

Estimate: $80 - $95

Sold for: $60

Closed on 4/27/2022

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