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Auction 171, Lot 533

"Carte Ancienne de la Suisse avec des Remarques Abregees sur les Divers Evenemens et Revolutions qui y sont Arrivees, et Particulierement Celles qui ont Donne Lieu a Leur Liberte", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Switzerland

Period: 1708 (published)

Publication: Atlas Historique…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.4 x 13.7 inches
44.2 x 34.8 cm
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A most attractive sheet containing a map of ancient Switzerland, plus six scenes of historical events in Switzerland. The legend of William Tell is illustrated in the panel at lower-left with the unlucky apple-topped boy unwillingly roped to the tree. The map measures 7.6 x 7.1".

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Condition: A

On a bright sheet of watermarked paper with a short edge tear confined to the bottom blank margin that has been closed on verso with archival tape.

Estimate: $150 - $180

Sold for: $55

Closed on 2/6/2019

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