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Auction 201, Lot 426

"Comitatus Caernarvoniensis; Vernacule Carnarvon-Shire, et Mona Insula Vulgo Anglesey", Blaeu, Johannes

Subject: Northwestern Wales

Period: 1662 (circa)

Publication: Toonneel des Aerdrycks oft Nieuwe Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.6 x 15 inches
49.8 x 38.1 cm
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A handsome map of Caernarvonshire and Anglesey with present-day Gwynedd and Mon. The decorative title and scale cartouche features a farmer with his harvest, which symbolizes Caernarfon as the place of investiture to the Princes. The map is further embellished with the Royal Arms, the crest and feathered crown of the Prince of Wales, and three ships sailing in the Irish Sea. Dutch text on verso, published between 1648-62.

References: Goss (Blaeu) #28; Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #5550:2.

Condition: A+

A dark impression with full contemporary color on a bright sheet with a large watermark of the god Atlas. There is light printer's ink residue, a small chip at top right, and a couple of tiny edge tears along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $150

Closed on 11/20/2024

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