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Auction 155, Lot 461

"Ducatus Geldriae, et Comitatus Zutphaniae, Tabula...", Wit, Frederick de

Subject: Netherlands, Eastern Germany

Period: 1690 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
21.6 x 18.3 inches
54.9 x 46.5 cm
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This intricately engraved map covers the area to the southeast of the Zuiderzee, including the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Utrecht and a portion of western Germany. Several towns and cities are identified, including Arnhem, Dusseldorf, Amersfoort, and Nijmegen. There is excellent detail of the many rivers, roads, marshes, and more that run through the region. Two decorative cartouches adorn the map: one at top right with armorial shields and allegorical figures, and the other featuring four inquisitive young men, the distance scale, and a key that identifies cities, villages, watermills, and more. North oriented to the right. Printed by Pieter Mortier in Amsterdam.

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Condition: A

A dark impression with a light damp stain confined to the top blank margin and short centerfold separations in the top and bottom blank margins.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $180

Closed on 11/18/2015

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