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Lot 363
Sale 697 - Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Nov 6, 2019
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$750 -
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$1,125
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Lot Description
BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638). Britannia Prout Divisa Suit Temporibus Anglo-Saxonum Praesertim Durante Illorum Heptarchia. Amsterdam, ca 1645.
Engraved map of Britain, text on verso in Latin, sheet 20 x 23 3/8 in. (508 x 594 mm) with hand-coloring. (Some marginal staining from old matting, a few small mostly marginal spots.) Wide side borders decorated with 14 historiated scenes of the Saxon kingdoms including the shield of each kingdom.