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Auction 206, Lot 386

"Les Isles Britanniques ou les Royaumes d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande. Divisees par Provinces", Le Rouge, George Louis

Subject: Britain

Period: 1744 (dated)

Publication: Atlas General

Color: Black & White

Size:
24.9 x 19.4 inches
63.2 x 49.3 cm
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An attractive folio-sized engraving presenting Britain, Ireland and the northwest coast of France. Details include political boundaries, numerous towns and villages, rivers and topography. Insets at top right feature the Faroe, Shetland and Orkney Islands, as well as the Channel Islands off the coast of France. Includes 5 distance scales and ships battling in the North Sea. Further decorated by a strapwork title cartouche with imprint flanked by a pair of dogs.

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Condition: B

On a lightly toned sheet with the watermark of a Maltese cross encircled in rosary beads. There is light foxing, faint dampstaining at bottom, and a short repaired edge tear in the left blank margin.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Unsold

Closed on 11/12/2025

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