Nouvelle Carte D'Europe Dressee Pour 1870
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Unfortunately no longer offered at the 20 Centimes price printed on this rare, separately issued, satirical map of Europe, this a marvellous item. This "carte drolatique" shows England holding Ireland the dog by a leash. Spain smokes, her back turned on Portugal. France pushes the advancing Prussia away, who is also placing one hand on Holland and the other on Austria - an indication of things to come. Denmark has lost his arms to Holstein and Russia carries a heaby load on his workman's back. Pertinent political commentary in a fun geographic form.
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