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Stock# 104288
Description
Good example of this scarce map of Catalonia by Carol Allard.
Decorative cartouche.
Condition Description
Trimmed at top and bottom margins, with minor loss at lower right corner.
Carel Allard Biography
Carel (Carol) Allard (Allardt) (1648–1709) was an engraver and publisher based in Amsterdam. Part of a prominent family of Dutch mapmakers, publishers, and print sellers, his father was engraver and publisher Hugo Allard (1627–1684), who left his business to Carel upon his death. Carel published anything in demand, including maps, topography, ethnography, newsprints, and restrikes of old plates of artistic prints, many of which likely came from his father’s stock. In 1706, Carel gave his copperplates to his son Abraham Allard, before going bankrupt.
