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Auction 198, Lot 478

"Grundris der des Heil. Rom. Reichs Freyen Stadt Nurnberg", Homann Heirs

Subject: Nuremberg, Germany

Period: 1732 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.6 x 19.2 inches
57.4 x 48.8 cm
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This is an impressive bird's-eye plan of Nuremberg and the immediate surroundings. The map is filled with exceptional detail and the city walls are engraved with an almost three-dimensional effect. A key at bottom identifies over 60 important sites. The town plan is decorated with coats-of-arms within a wreath and a decorative title cartouche.

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Condition: B+

Full contemporary color on a lightly toned sheet with the watermarks of a fleur-de-lis and intertwined initials "CS." There is soiling at top, some soft, extraneous creases, and archival repairs to a couple of short tears along the centerfold and edges of the sheet. A printed bookplate for "J. E. Bouillet" is pasted on verso along the edge of the sheet.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $200

Closed on 6/19/2024

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