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Auction 199, Lot 697
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"Atlante Novissimo del Sig. Guglielmo de l'Isle", Delisle, Guillaume

Subject: Title Pages

Period: 1740 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.9 x 11.4 inches
20.1 x 29 cm
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Engraved frontispiece from an Italian version of Delisle's atlas published by Girolamo Albrizzi. The architectural framework is flanked by male and female Roman soldiers and at top a pair of putti hold aloft a red velvet drape. Cartouches contain a vignette of the city of Venice, where the atlas was published, and the symbol for the Society of Jesus.

References:

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with one spot of foxing in the image at top and marginal soiling.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 9/11/2024

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