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Auction 195, Lot 529

"Bressia Vulgo Bresse", Blaeu, Willem

Subject: Eastern France

Period: 1635 (published)

Publication: Novus Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.7 x 15.1 inches
50 x 38.4 cm
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This richly decorated map of eastern France covers the region from Lyon to Geneva and is fully engraved with forests, mountains, lakes, cities and villages. Decorated by a title cartouche with a blank coat of arms and a distance scale featuring putti and a surveyor. Blaeu's imprint appears at lower right. German text on verso.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #4810:2A.

Condition: B+

A sharp, early impression with full contemporary color on a bright sheet with the watermark of Pieter Haeck. There are several light spots along the border at bottom and dampstains and weak paper in the bottom corners of the sheet.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $90

Closed on 11/15/2023

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