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Auction 159, Lot 540
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"L'Italie Dressee sur les Observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences...", Delisle, Guillaume

Subject: Italy

Period: 1700 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24.9 x 19.4 inches
63.2 x 49.3 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. 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:

Condition: B

Original outline color on watermarked paper with light toning and a few spots of foxing. A long centerfold separation at bottom and a short separation at top have been closed on verso with paper tape.

Estimate: $375 - $450

Sold for: $175

Closed on 9/14/2016

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