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Auction 188, Lot 512

"Carte de Moscovie", Delisle/Covens & Mortier

Subject: Russia in Europe

Period: 1730 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24.5 x 19 inches
62.2 x 48.3 cm
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This is the northern sheet of Delisle's important two-sheet map of the Russian Empire. The map is centered on Moscow and provides great detail of the towns, roads, forests and topography. The map is decorated with a nice title cartouche featuring a sleigh, coat of arms, animals and a hunter.

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Condition: B+

Contemporary outline color with light toning and a few small chips along the sheet edges, far from map image. There is a centerfold separation confined to the bottom blank margin with an old paper repair that has come undone.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $70

Closed on 6/22/2022

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