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Auction 114, Lot 441

"Geneve Ville capitale d'une Republic que de meme nom Situee a l'extremite d'un Lac", Fer, Nicolas de

Subject: Switzerland

Period: 1696 (circa)

Publication: Les Forces de l' Europe…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10.8 x 7.8 inches
27.4 x 19.8 cm
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Handsome small plan of the fortifications of the city decorated with three cartouches. Nicolas de Fer, Geographer at Louis XIV's court, was one of the most prolific publishers of plans of European cities in the late seventeenth century.

References: Pollak #21.

Condition: B

Couple of light spots in map.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $140

Closed on 3/1/2006

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