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Auction 108, Lot 421

"Territorium Norimbergense", Blaeu, Willem

Subject: Germany

Period: 1644 (published)

Publication: Novus Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.5 x 14.2 inches
47 x 36.1 cm
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Fabulous map centered on Nuremberg with the surrounding countryside. The map is decorated with a large title cartouche surmounted by a trumpeting angel and a coat of arms, and a smaller text cartouche. At left is a large inset plan of the city with a key to the major buildings.

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Condition: A+

Full wide margins with very minor toning at paper edges.

Estimate: $400 - $500

Sold for: $350

Closed on 9/29/2004

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