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Auction 199, Lot 426

"Carte des Provinces Unies des Pays Bas Tiree des Cartes les Plus Correctea...", Delisle, Guillaume

Subject: Low Countries

Period: 1702 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24.4 x 18.8 inches
62 x 47.8 cm
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An interesting later issue of Delisle's map of the Low Countries showing hundreds of towns, villages, churches, rivers, marshes and roads. A beautifully engraved title cartouche in the upper left names Cassini and Snellius as contributors to this edition and is adorned with mythological and allegorical figures, including Neptune, Mercury, and putti fishing with a net. Engraved by Lièbaux le fils. This example includes the additional imprint of Louis Renard below the title cartouche.

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Condition: A

A sharp impression with contemporary outline color in the map and later color in the cartouche, on a bright sheet with an "IHS" watermark. There is a bit of cockling of the paper along the centerfold and light dampstains confined to the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Unsold

Closed on 9/11/2024

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