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Auction 190, Lot 531

"Isle de Corse [on sheet with] Isle et Royme de Sardaigne", Sanson, Nicolas

Subject: Corsica, Sardinia

Period: 1658 (published)

Publication: Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.9 x 15.5 inches
55.6 x 39.4 cm
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Two maps of Corsica and Sardinia on a single folio sheet, each enclosed in its own border. Each presents the island's cities, towns, rivers and pictorial topography in good detail. Decorated by block-style title cartouches.

References: Pastoureau, SANSON V A [82].

Condition: A

Contemporary outline color on watermarked paper with a few small spots and minor creasing at upper left.

Estimate: $550 - $700

Sold for: $200

Closed on 11/16/2022

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