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Auction 196, Lot 456

"Duche et Gouvernem: General de Normandie Divise en Haut et Bas en Divers Pays et Balliages avec le Gouvernement General de Havre de Grace", Seutter, Matthias

Subject: Northern France

Period: 1740 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.3 x 19.6 inches
59.2 x 49.8 cm
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Finely engraved map showing all of the Normandy coast and well inland with detail of hundreds of villages and towns as well as the topography of the land. The political divisions, bailliages, are based on the manuscripts of Sanson. At top is an inset, "Les Isles de Garnezey Ierzay et Aurigny Font Partie de la Normandie mais Elles Sont Sous la Domaine des Anglois," showing the Channel Islands. The inset is surrounded by an elaborate title cartouche featuring Hercules, Minerva, a soldier and weaponry, putti, and cherubs playing musical instruments. Engraved by Tobias Conrad Lotter.

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Condition: A

A sharp impression with full contemporary color, a short printer's crease at top right, and marginal soiling.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 2/7/2024

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