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Daguerre Val de Loire

99 - [Manuscript]. [Topographical map].
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Estimate €300 - €400
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[Manuscript]. [Topographical map]. [Picardy region of Champagne]. Map of the estate and seigneury of Berry-au-Bac, situated in Champagne and belonging to His Grace the Duke of Charot, Peer of France, surveyed and measured in 1785 by D. Saunier. Very large hand-drawn map, in ink and watercolour on paper, comprising 23 segments measuring approximately 48 x 35 cm, and 6 smaller segments, the whole measuring 163 x 328 cm, mounted on a salmon-coloured canvas backing of the period, folded to 50 x 37 cm, with a handwritten title label ‘Berry-au-Bacq’ on the reverse. The title is set within a rococo cartouche, featuring a compass rose and a scale of 240 toises. A separate sheet contains a ‘Reference to map numbers’, identifying 58 plots, with their designations and respective areas. Detailed map of part of the land situated at Berry-au-Bac, in what is now the department of Aisne, owned at the time by Armand Joseph de Béthune, Duke of Chârost (1738–1800), a military man and a philanthropist committed to the advancement of agriculture and industry, who was appointed mayor of the 10th arrondissement of Paris in 1799.
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About the sale Books from the 15th to the 21st century, most of which are illustrated. Manuscripts. Painters’ autographs. Maps and plans. Atlases. Architectural drawings. Normandy.
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Auction time 10/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
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