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Auction 203, Lot 576

"Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudicae Status in quo Ducatus Sabaudiae Principat. Pedemontium ut et Ducatus Montisferrati...", Seutter, Matthias

Subject: Northwestern Italy

Period: 1730 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.6 x 19.6 inches
57.4 x 49.8 cm
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This fully engraved map of northwestern Italy is bounded by Geneva in the north (depicted along the top border of the map), Grenoble in the west, the Gulf of Genoa in the south, and Milan and Lake Como in the east. There is great detail of towns, roads, political boundaries, rivers, and mountains. The decorative title cartouche features a queen surrounded by putti, Mercury, and a merchant selling his wares.

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Condition: B+

A sharp impression with contemporary color in the map and later color in the cartouche, on a bright sheet with light toning along the centerfold and a few tiny edge tears that have been archivally repaired.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $180

Closed on 4/23/2025

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