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Auction 106, Lot 292

"Les Isles Britanniques Comprenant les Royaumes d'Angleterre d'Ecossee et d'Irlande Divises en Grandes Provinces…", Janvier, Jean

Subject: Britain

Period: 1770 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Moderne

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.4 x 12.1 inches
44.2 x 30.7 cm
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Nicely engraved chart of the islands with an inset of the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Good detail throughout including coastal France through the Netherlands. Large and decorative title cartouche plus another rococo-style cartouche surrounding the four distance scales.

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Condition: A

On thick paper with full margins. Very lightly toned along centerfold and a couple small spots, still very good.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $110

Closed on 3/3/2004

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