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Le Royaume de Portugal et des Algarves....

  • ARTIST: Nicolas Sanson

  • PUBLISHER: Published in Paris by Alexis-Hubert Jaillot.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving

    DATE: 1692-93.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 29 1/4 x 21 5/8" (74.2 x 55 cm)

  • DESCRIPTION: A fine, detailed map of Portugal that appeared in Jaillot’s “Nouvelle introduction a le geographie....” Embellished with a beautifully engraved title and scale cartouche. Cartographically this map is based on the work of Nicholas Sanson.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Fair to good condition. Old reinforcements on verso. Some splitting along left centerfold. Original outline color.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps