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Auction 189, Lot 445

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"Comitatus Artesiae", Peeters, Jacques

Subject: Northern France

Period: 1692 (published)

Publication: L'Atlas en Abrege, ou Nouvelle Description du Monde

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.3 x 5.8 inches
18.5 x 14.7 cm
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This small map of Nord Pas-de-Calais depicts even the tiniest villages. It is decorated with two pictorial cartouches, one including Hermes delivering a message to a warrior figure.

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Condition: B+

A dark impression with contemporary outline color. There are a couple short splits to the right of the centerfold that have been closed with old paper on verso and a centerfold separation at bottom.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Unsold

Closed on 9/14/2022

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