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Auction 199, Lot 543

"Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudicae Status in quo Ducatus Sabaudiae Principatus Pedemontium et Ducatus Montisferrati...", Homann, Johann Baptist

Subject: Northwestern Italy

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.3 x 19.6 inches
56.6 x 49.8 cm
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This fully engraved map of northwestern Italy is bounded by Geneva in the north (depicted along the top border of the map), Grenoble in the west, the Gulf of Genoa in the south, and Milan and Lake Como in the east. There is great detail of towns, roads, political boundaries, rivers, and mountains. The decorative title cartouche features Athena, goddess of war and wisdom, and two royal figures.

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Condition: B+

Contemporary color with some light toning and minor staining along the sheet edges.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $100

Closed on 9/11/2024

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