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Auction 191, Lot 462

"Les Isles Britanniques qui Contiennent les Royaumes d'Angleterre, Escosse, et Irlande Distingues en Leurs Principales Provinces...", Jaillot/Ottens

Subject: Britain

Period: 1725 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.5 x 18.7 inches
59.7 x 47.5 cm
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This is the Ottens edition of Jaillot's fine map of the British Isles. The large, ornate title cartouche is embellished with putti, Neptune, Mercury, and other allegorical figures. A large inset at top left details the Shetland, Faroe, and Orkney islands. Three distance scales appear at bottom left in a decorative cartouche featuring merfolk. An alternative Latin title runs above the neatline at top: Magnae Britanniae Tabula, Comprehendens Angliae, Scotiae, ac Hiberniae Regna... This is the third state with no date and the Ottens imprint.

References: Shirley (BI to 1750) Jaillot 4.

Condition: B+

Issued folding with professional repairs to a number of separations along the folds. There is light soiling that is largely confined to the blank margins and a printer's crease near the centerfold at top.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $250

Closed on 2/8/2023

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