SANSON, N. / THORNTON... Lot of 5 framed cards. ca. 1700. Col. Five framed maps. As is. Thornton. The coast of BRITAIN from Plougoulin to Passage Du Four. Ca. 1707. 450 x 570 mm. Modern col. Fading / Sanson. Brittany divided. 465 x 560 mm. Col. Paper browned, central fold weakened / Fridrich, Iacob Andreas. State of the Fleet and Embarkation Trouppes under the Prince de conte in France 1759. 235x 310 mm. Col. Old. Incomplete plate. Under plexiglass. / Map of Brittany of rough workmanship, painted on parchment decorated with coats of arms of the cities of Brittany, sea monsters and a compass rose, a ship. 20th c. 540 x 720 mm. Browned and warped / Reproduction of a handwritten map. Under plexiglass.

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