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Auction 94, Lot 303
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"Osnabrugensis Episcopatus. Auctore Ioanne Gigante", Blaeu, (Family)

Subject: Germany

Period: 1660 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.1 x 14.5 inches
48.5 x 36.8 cm
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Beautifully colored map of the German Province of Hanover with Osnabrück at center. The large strapwork title cartouche incorporates a fine view of the city with its many steeples dominating the sky-line. At lower right is an inset of Reckenberg. Further embellished with a coat of arms, with small provincial armorials and a smaller cartouche.

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Condition: A

Old repair of bottom margin, else fine.

Estimate: $550 - $600

Sold for: $425

Closed on 3/7/2001

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