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Auction 138, Lot 585
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"Regnorum Castellae Veteris Legionis et Gallaeciae Principatuumq, Biscaiae et Asturiarum…", Visscher, Nicolas

Subject: Northern Spain & Portugal

Period: 1690 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
32 x 18.5 inches
81.3 x 47 cm
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These are two joined sheets of a six-sheet map of the Iberian Peninsula. These northwestern sheets show northern Spain and Portugal, extending to Zaragoza in the east and Toledo in the south. Towns, rivers and mountains are depicted and provinces are outlined.

References:

Condition: B+

Vivid, original color with marginal soiling and a few light creases. There are two minute cracks due to the oxidation of green pigment, but paper is otherwise supple.

Estimate: $180 - $220

Sold for: $475

Closed on 12/7/2011

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