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Description:
Europe, Three Framed Maps. Including: Henricus Hondius's Totius Lemovici et Confinium Provinciarum, a hand-colored copper-plate engraved map of the province of Limoges, France, by Antoin-Jean Fayen, with an inset view of the town of Limoges in the upper right corner, engraved by Peter Keere; Lutzenburgensis Ducatus Veriss Descript. Iacobo Surhonio Montano Auctore, Surhonius's engraved double-page map of Luxemburg, hand-colored; [and] Illyricum, depicting Istria, Croatia, Bosnia, and Dalmatia, after Johann Sambucus, with strapwork cartouche, and hand-coloring, Antwerp, 1672. (3)
Estimate $200-300
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Keywords
Jean Fayen, Johann Sambucus, Montano Auctore, Peter Keere, Antwerp, Istria, Limoges, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, LuxemburgJohn Dorfman
Director, Books & Manuscripts
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