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Auction 175, Lot 446
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"Le Cercle de la Basse Saxe Subdivise en tous les Estats, et Principautes qui le Composent", Sanson/Jaillot

Subject: Northern Germany

Period: 1708 (dated)

Publication: L'Atlas Francais

Color: Hand Color

Size:
25.8 x 18.1 inches
65.5 x 46 cm
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This attractive map covers northern Germany, including Schleswig-Holstein. The fine engraving illustrates rivers, lakes, forests, lowlands, cities, and villages. Title and distance scales are both in decorative cartouches. The map is reduced slightly from the Sanson/Jaillot, two-sheet map of 1676. Engraved by Louis Cordier.

References: Pastoureau, Jaillot II E [89].

Condition: A

A nice impression on a sheet with a Maltese cross watermark. There is minor offsetting, a small rust spot at bottom left, and an old paper repair on recto in the bottom blank margin.

Estimate: $180 - $220

Unsold

Closed on 11/13/2019

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