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Auction 172, Lot 444

"Carte de France Dressee pour l'Usage du Roy, en Avril 1721...", Delisle/Buache

Subject: France

Period: 1775 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24.5 x 19.3 inches
62.2 x 49 cm
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This detailed map of France delineates the departments and has many place names. The map is decorated with an elegant cartouche surmounted by the royal crest of France and the scale of miles suspended beneath.

References:

Condition: A

A nice impression and contemporary outline color with later color in the cartouche, on paper with the watermark of "Sauvade Auvergne." Light toning and soiling confined to the blank margins.

Estimate: $180 - $220

Sold for: $90

Closed on 4/17/2019

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