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"[Lot of 2] Carte Itineraire et Generale des 18 Feuilles de l'Indicateur de France… [and] La France, Divisee en ses quarante Gouvernements Generaux et Militaires", Brion de la Tour/Desnos

Subject: France

Period: 1770 (circa)

Publication: Atlas General Methodique et Elementaire

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20.6 x 14.9 inches
52.3 x 37.8 cm
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A nice matched pair of maps each flanked by descriptive text and an elaborate engraved border that was printed from a separate copper plate.

Carte Itineraire et Generale des 18 Feuilles de l'Indicateur de France ou sont Distinguees les Routes Meridionales Orientales, Septentrionales et Occidentales par Raport a Paris depicts all the important roads converging on Paris.
La France, Divisee en ses quarante Gouvernements Generaux et Militaires is colored by military departments with the historical divisions shown by engraved line.

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Condition: B+

Faint toning and soil, mostly confined to blank margins.

Estimate: $100 - $150

Sold for: $50

Closed on 2/18/2015

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