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Auction 147, Lot 409
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"Glamorganensis Comitatus; Vulgo Glamorgan Shire", Blaeu, (Family)

Subject: Wales

Period: 1658 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20 x 15.1 inches
50.8 x 38.4 cm
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This is a handsome map of Glamorgan fully engraved to show the topography, forests, parks, cities, and villages. There are several ships in the seas, two cartouches, and the royal arms of Britain and the coat of arms of Llywelyn the Great, who reigned over Wales for more than 40 years. Spanish text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #5520:2.

Condition: B+

On watermarked paper with wide margins. There is a minor abrasion just above the title, slight show-through of text on verso, and an extraneous crease running along the centerfold.

Estimate: $220 - $250

Unsold

Closed on 11/20/2013

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