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"Italie", Tassin, Christophe Nicholas

Subject: Italy

Period: 1651 (published)

Publication: Carte Generalle de la Geographie Royale

Color: Hand Color

Size:

7 x 5.7 inches
17.8 x 14.5 cm

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This charming small map of Italy includes Corsica, Sardinia, and the northern part of Sicily. It is filled with place names and adorned with a distance scale and strapwork cartouche. Published by Nicolas Berey.

References: Pastoureau, TASSIN I A [9].

Condition: B+

A nice impression with light soiling, toning along the edges of the sheet, a minor printer's crease at bottom center, and a small worm hole in the Tyrrhenian Sea. There are binding holes in the left blank margin and a small hole at bottom left.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 4/22/2026

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"Italie", Tassin, Christophe Nicholas

Subject: Italy

Period: 1651 (published)

Publication: Carte Generalle de la Geographie Royale

Color: Hand Color

Size:

7 x 5.7 inches
17.8 x 14.5 cm

This charming small map of Italy includes Corsica, Sardinia, and the northern part of Sicily. It is filled with place names and adorned with a distance scale and strapwork cartouche. Published by Nicolas Berey.

References: Pastoureau, TASSIN I A [9].

Condition: B+

A nice impression with light soiling, toning along the edges of the sheet, a minor printer's crease at bottom center, and a small worm hole in the Tyrrhenian Sea. There are binding holes in the left blank margin and a small hole at bottom left.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 4/22/2026

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"Italie", Tassin, Christophe Nicholas

Subject: Italy

Period: 1651 (published)

Publication: Carte Generalle de la Geographie Royale

Color: Hand Color

Size:

7 x 5.7 inches17.8 x 14.5 cm

This charming small map of Italy includes Corsica, Sardinia, and the northern part of Sicily. It is filled with place names and adorned with a distance scale and strapwork cartouche. Published by Nicolas Berey.

References: Pastoureau, TASSIN I A [9].

Condition: B+

A nice impression with light soiling, toning along the edges of the sheet, a minor printer's crease at bottom center, and a small worm hole in the Tyrrhenian Sea. There are binding holes in the left blank margin and a small hole at bottom left.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 4/22/2026

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7 x 5.7 inches
17.8 x 14.5 cm