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Auction 191, Lot 491

"La Plus Grande Partie de la Manche, qui Contient les Cotes de Angleterre (Situees au Sud-Est, ou est la Tamise &c.)...", Ottens, Reiner and Joshua

Subject: English Channel

Period: 1730 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.3 x 19.3 inches
59.2 x 49 cm
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This handsome German map of the eastern part of the English Channel spans from Gloucestershire across the Channel to coastal Normandy, and shows the Isle of Wight. It features plenty of navigational information, including depth soundings, anchorages, and sand banks. There is good inland detail of political divisions, place names, roads, rivers, and topography.

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Condition: A+

A sharp impression with full contemporary color on a bright sheet.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $200

Closed on 2/8/2023

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