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Auction 147, Lot 506
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"Lombardiae Alpestris Pars Occidentalis cu Valesia", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Northern Italy

Period: 1607 (published)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.3 x 5.8 inches
18.5 x 14.7 cm
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Handsome small map of the mountainous Lombardy region of northern Italy with the glacial lakes of Maggiore, Lugaro and Como roughly in the center and Lake Geneva to the left. The map is simply ornamented with a strapwork title cartouche that incorporates the distance scale. This is from the first edition, with Latin text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #7011:351.

Condition: A

A dark impression with marginal soiling. Cardinal directions and page number written in manuscript ink in blank margins.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $60

Closed on 11/20/2013

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