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Auction 128, Lot 542

"Momonia et Lagenia", Mercator/Jansson

Subject: Ireland

Period: 1628 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.5 x 5.3 inches
19.1 x 13.5 cm
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Decorative little map of the southern Irish provinces of Mounster and Leinster filled with many place names. The map is adorned with decorative cartouches for the scale of miles and title as well as a grinning sea monster to the west of Galway Bay. French text on the verso.

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Condition: A

Slight show-through of text on verso and an ink smudge in the blank margins.

Estimate: $160 - $210

Sold for: $120

Closed on 5/20/2009

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