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Quercy olim Cadurcium, Valck, Gerard 1651 aut 1652-1726 publisher, Schenck, Pieter 1660-1711 publisher, cartography, France, Cahors France, map, 1711, Amsterdam, height 43.3 cm, width 47.7 cm, A portion of an antique map sheet showing the left half of a detailed map panel with hand-colored boundaries and terrain markings; the map area has a pale yellow background with shaded brown hills, clusters of green trees, and thin winding dark lines for roads or rivers, while some border lines are outlined in pink and yellow. Along the left edge is a wide pale beige margin and a narrow decorative border in red and yellow framing the map. In the lower left corner there is an ornate cartouche in deep pink with decorative scrollwork, set against a small scene of a group of several people wearing period clothing in muted colors including green, blue, brown, and off-white, with a green landscape behind them. The map contains many small dark script-like marks and tiny pictorial symbols scattered over the pale yellow map field.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_309

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Rights managed

Available size

71.2Mb (5.9Mb) / 13.8in x 20.0in / 4145 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Quercy olim Cadurcium Valck Gerard 1651 aut 1652-1726 publisher Schenck Pieter 1660-1711 publisher cartography France Cahors France map 1711 Amsterdam height 43.3 cm width 47.7 cm portion antique sheet showing left half detailed panel hand-colored boundaries terrain markings map area pale yellow background shaded brown hills clusters green trees thin winding dark lines roads rivers border lines outlined pink yellow left edge wide pale beige margin narrow decorative border red yellow framing lower left corner ornate cartouche deep pink decorative scrollwork set small scene group several people wearing period clothing muted colors green blue off-white green landscape them map contains small dark script- marks tiny pictorial symbols scattered pale yellow field.