Live auction - Lot 882
[Nautical chart - Mediterranean]
La mer Méditerranée et les costes des éstats qui la borne.
Paris, by the author, 1709
Hammer price: €
750
€ 400 / 500
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Lot description
Engr., 35,7 x 75,4 cm, borders hand-coloured (sm. light brown stains in left lower corner, light red offsetting in blank right side, traces of central fold).
Large map of the Mediterranean Sea, with numerous cities and ports mentioned. Very large, decorative title cartouche and wind rose. First published in "Atlas ou Recüeil de cartes geographiques [...]" in 1709. Engraved by Herman van Loon. Verso blank.
Ref. Pastoureau Fer II C [86].
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