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Auction 141, Lot 452
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"Carte de France Dressee pour l'Usage du Roy", Delisle/Covens & Mortier

Subject: France

Period: 1765 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Nouveau

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24 x 18.8 inches
61 x 47.8 cm
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This detailed map of France delineates the departments and has many place names. The map is decorated with an elegant cartouche surmounted by the royal crest of France and the scale of miles suspended beneath. Latin title above map: Galliae Regnum in Omnes suas Provincias Accurate Divisum. Engraved by L. Condet.

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Condition: A

Strong impression on watermarked paper with a few tiny wormholes only visible when held to light.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Sold for: $210

Closed on 9/5/2012

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