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Auction 88, Lot 216

"Toletum/Vallesoletum", Blaeu, Willem

Subject: Spain

Period: 1649 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.7 x 12.5 inches
47.5 x 31.8 cm
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Two bird's eye views on a folio sheet. Toledo is shown built around the "Alcazar" and the cathedral and protected by the Tagus River, which is spanned by two Moorish bridges. The lower view includes scenes of farmers working the cultivated fields. Minor foxing in margins.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $450 - $500

Sold for: $200

Closed on 10/2/1999

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