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Auction 91, Lot 6
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"Le Nouveau & Grand Illuminant Flambeau de la Mer, La Premiere Partie",

Subject: Title Page

Period: 1698 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
11 x 20 inches
27.9 x 50.8 cm
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Fine copper engraved title page featuring mythological figures. A large female figure holds a globe in one hand and a torch in the other. At her feet are several figures including Mercury riding the back of a sea monster. Includes a separate sheet with the preface and advertisement in French text. Minor marginal soil and creasing in margin, else fine.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $350 - $400

Sold for: $200

Closed on 6/14/2000

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