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Auction 199, Lot 428

"Germaniae Inferioris sive Belgii Pars Meridionalis Exhibens X. Provincias Catholic. Cum Confiniis Galliae Germ. Hollandiae Recentissime et Curatissime in Lucem Edita", Seutter, Matthias

Subject: Low Countries

Period: 1730 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.8 x 19.6 inches
57.9 x 49.8 cm
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This attractive and finely engraved map covers Belgium, Flanders, Luxemburg, and parts of Holland, France, and Germany. It is densely filled with towns, villages, churches, and many rivers. Among the cities named are Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Rotterdam, Calais, Rouen, Dusseldorf, and Cologne. It is decorated with two allegorical cartouches, with symbols of the region's history, wisdom, and might in the title cartouche and a river god next to the distance scales. At lower right is a plan of Ostende detailing the fortified city that figured prominently in the Dutch and Spanish conflict during the Hundred Years' War.

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Condition: B+

A nice impression with a strong crease along the centerfold. There is a 2" separation and associated tiny tear along the lower centerfold, and the bottom margin has been extended with old paper.

Estimate: $200 - $230

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Closed on 9/11/2024

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