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Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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Mar 24, 2022
17th-19th century, engravings on laid or wove paper, all with hand colored highlights, comprising: John Speed, Darby Shire, London, circa 1630-1640, engraved by Peter Van Den Keere; John Owen & Emanuel Bowen, two maps from Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved, including A Map of Middlesex and Mona, Now Called Anglesey Island, circa 1720-1730; Benjamin Cole, three maps of wards of London including Walbrook Ward and Dowgate Ward, Queen Hith Ward and Vintry Ward, and Portsoken Ward, circa 1755; Archibald Fullarton & Co., Cumberland, Glasgow, circa 1840s; John Archer, Berkshire, circa 1840s, engraved for Dugdale's England & Wales Delineated; five 19th century county maps, including Berkshire, Brecknockshire, Carnarvonshire, Radnorshire, and Merionethshire; 19th century England and Wales map; all unframed, some matted, largest mat 14-3/4 x 20 in.; together with Homann Heirs, Schematismus Geographiae Mathematicae..., Nuremberg, 1753, sight 18 x 21-1/2 in.; carved, painted, and gilt wood frame, 25-1/8 x 28-1/4 in.
Provenance: The Important Private Collection of a Rocky Mountain Couple
toning and scattered light staining throughout, wear and small tears to edges, not examined under mats, some tape remnants; Mona with some tears along mat edges; Schematismus Geographiae Mathematicae... not examined out of frame, frame with light wear and abrasions
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