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Auction 115, Lot 394

"Magnae Britanniae Pars Septentrionalis qua Regnum Scotiae in Suas Partes et subjacentes Insulas divisum…", Homann, Johann Baptist

Subject: Scotland

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.8 x 22.3 inches
47.8 x 56.6 cm
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Large and decorative map of Scotland including the outlying islands. The map is filled with minute detail and hundreds of place names. Superb title and distance scale cartouches surrounded by mythical figures, putti and the royal and Scottish arms.

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Condition: B

Original color in map with added color in cartouches. Light toning along centerfold, else very good.

Estimate: $450 - $500

Sold for: $425

Closed on 6/21/2006

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