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Auction 147, Lot 503
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"L'Italie Dressee sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences...", Elwe, Jan Barend

Subject: Italy

Period: 1792 (dated)

Publication: Atlas Geographique et Universel

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.6 x 18.2 inches
54.9 x 46.2 cm
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A fine large map showing all of Italy, including Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, the surrounding parts of France and the Balkans, and a portion of North Africa. It is based on the geography of Guillaume Delisle and the observations of the astronomer Riccioli. The map is filled with detail and decorated with an ornate title cartouche alluding to the Catholic Church, with a cherub wearing a cardinal's miter.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) #T.ELW-2a.

Condition: A

Original color on bluish, watermarked paper with wide margins and a hint of toning along the centerfold.

Estimate: $450 - $550

Sold for: $250

Closed on 11/20/2013

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