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Auction 105, Lot 408

"A New and Correct Map of the South West part of Germany…Mentz and Triers…Palatinate of the Rhine…Wirtemberg, Franconia, Swabia, Alsace, Lorrain, &c.", Bowen, Emanuel

Subject: Germany

Period: 1732 (circa)

Publication: Tindal's Continuation of Rapin's History of England

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16.7 x 13.5 inches
42.4 x 34.3 cm
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Handsome and detailed map with the Rhine River at center. Details Luxembourg, Lorrain, Wirtemburg, Furstenburg and other Duchys, Palatinates, Archbishoprics and Electorates. Shows the cities of Mentz, Strasbourg, Cologne, Nurnberg, Nancy, Coblenz, etc. Good detail of roads, forests, mountains, rivers and cities. Decorative military-themed title cartouche.

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Condition: B

Good impression and coloring on thick paper with watermark. Faint offsetting and a few spots, else very good.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $75

Closed on 12/3/2003

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