an old map of a city with a river in the middle of itan old map of a town on top of a piece of papera map of a town on the map of a riveran old map of a town on a piece of paper on a tablea close up of a piece of paper on a white surface
LE HAVRE ENCHERES - Maxence MAZZONI & Vincent NEYT

234 - MAP OF THE CITY OF LE HAVRE
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Estimate €50 - €100
Description
MAP OF THE CITY OF LE HAVRE A watercolour map pasted onto paper, entitled “Copy of the map of part of Le Havre and its surroundings, as far as Harfleur, copied from the Old Map used for the 1662 project concerning the course of the Harfleur Canal proposed by M. de Vauban, the original of which is held at the Fortifications Repository.” and annotated “I, the undersigned, Engineer of the Navy and of the Depository of Maps and Plans, certify that this copy is entirely identical to that held in the Navy’s Depository of Plans, numbered as the 16th item in the 122nd Portfolio. At Versailles, 19 February 1770”, signed Bellin. 67 x 104 cm Signs of wear, creases, soiling, damage and small losses
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