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Auction 197, Lot 576
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"Statuum Totius Italiae Novissima Repraesentatio Geographica, Simul Exhibens Insulas Siciliae Sardiniae Corsicae et Maltae", Homann, Johann Baptist

Subject: Italy

Period: 1730 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.6 x 19 inches
57.4 x 48.3 cm
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This is a large and decorative map of the whole of Italy including Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia and Malta. The title cartouche features papal symbols and a man playing a lyre while sitting astride a sea monster.

References:

Condition: B

A sharp impression with full contemporary color in the map and later color in the cartouche on a sturdy sheet with a large "4" watermark. There is soiling that is most noticeable along the centerfold and edges of the sheet, as well as archival repairs to a centerfold separation at bottom and to a few short worm tracks mostly confined to the blank margins.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Unsold

Closed on 4/24/2024

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