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Auction 99, Lot 334

"The Road from Salisbury to Campden - Gloucester Shire", Owen & Bowen

Subject: England

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Britannica Depicta

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.5 x 7 inches
11.4 x 17.8 cm
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Copper engraved sheet with map of Gloucestershire in lower two-thirds of sheet and fancy text description of route. Verso has strip maps from Salisbury to Marlborough. Curious notation claims that Everley "affords good entertainment for Travellers." Beautifully engraved cartouche and borders.

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Condition: A

Beautiful later coloring of recto, verso uncolored.

Estimate: $70 - $90

Sold for: $75

Closed on 6/12/2002

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