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Auction 134, Lot 537

"La Hongrie Suivant les Nouvelles Observations…", Covens & Mortier

Subject: Southeastern Europe, Hungary

Period: 1735 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.5 x 8.8 inches
29.2 x 22.4 cm
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This is Covens & Mortier's issue of Pierre van der Aa's map. It is centered on Hungary but covers the present-day region from Prague to Kiev and south to Macedonia. The large title cartouche is flanked by two gentlemen - an Ottoman official on the left and a Christian gentleman on the right.

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Condition: A

Nice impression and original color with minor soil in the blank margins.

Estimate: $230 - $275

Sold for: $130

Closed on 12/1/2010

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