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Eugène-Henri Fricx (b. 1644, d. 1730)

E.H. Fricx: Table des cartes des Pays Bas et des frontieres de France [...]. Brussels 1712. Folio. With 75 maps and plans, many double-page or folding (24 cartes des Pays Bas, Carte générale de Brabant, Carte du Pays de Waes, Carte des Postes d'Allemagne, 48 plans des Villes, Sièges & Batailles). Handwritten (19th century hand) index mounted in and each map numb. on verso. 3 maps with minor marginal tear (outside plate), 2 with minor split to lower part of middle folding. A few maps at end with browning. Trimmed sheets. Bound in cont. half calf and marbled paper boards. Cracks along spine and hinges cracked.

Atlas by Eugène Henry Fricx who is considered one of the most important map publishers in the Southern Netherlands in the 18th century. The work contains views or plans of Brussels, Namur, Cambray, Arras, Lille, etc.

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Condition report on request. Contact books@bruun-rasmussen.dk

Auction

Books and manuscripts, 12 December 2017

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12,000–15,000 DKK

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7,500 DKK  

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7,500 DKK