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Auction 158, Lot 288
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"Partie Septentrionale du Gouvernem? General de Champagne ou se Trouvent le Retelois, le Rhemois, la Champagne Propre, Partie de la Brie et du Pertois, &c.", Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles

Subject: France

Period: 1752 (dated)

Publication: Atlas Universel

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.4 x 19.1 inches
59.4 x 48.5 cm
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This delicately engraved map of the northern half of the famous Champagne region is centered approximately on Reims. Locates hundreds of villages and towns with nice topographical detail and a fine rococo-style cartouche entwined with grapevines. Robert de Vaugondy's Atlas Universel was one of the most successful and enduring works of the latter part of the eighteenth century.

References: Pedley #125.

Condition: B+

Original outline color on heavy, watermarked paper with light toning along the centerfold.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Unsold

Closed on 6/22/2016

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