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Auction 194, Lot 395

"Anglesey [on sheet with] Wight Vectis Olim [and] Garnesay [and] Iarsay", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Channel Islands

Period: 1613 (circa)

Publication: Gerardi Mercatoris - Atlas sive Cosmographicae...

Color: Black & White

Size:
17 x 12.5 inches
43.2 x 31.8 cm
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Very handsome folio sheet with four maps depicting the English islands Jersey, Guernsey (with Castle Cornet noted), Wight and Alderney. Each map with its own decorative title cartouche and distance scale. French text on verso, published between 1613-16.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. I) #5700:1A.

Condition: A

A sharp impression on a sheet with a coat of arms watermark, a short centerfold separation at bottom, and light dampstains along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $190 - $210

Sold for: $90

Closed on 9/13/2023

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