Description:
Spain, Portugal, Pyrenees. Pieter Mortier (1661-1711)Theatre de la Guerre en Espagne. Amsterdam, [c. 1700].
The right (or easterly) half only of the original map, this half includes the elaborate militaristic cartouche, and the eastern portion of Spain, the Pyrenees, and a piece of southern France; hand-colored in outline, engraved map on two joined sheets, each double-folio size, the country borders outlined in color; a clean, dark impression of the plates, the paper slightly rumpled where the sheets are joined; framed, 38 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.
Estimate $300-500
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