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États de Bretagne, Paul Esprit Feydeau de Brou
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1725 |
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| Period | 18th century |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the crowned armorial shield of Paul Esprit Feydeau de Brou within elaborate baroque cartouche scrollwork: azure, a chevron Or between three escallops Or. A circular Latin legend surrounds the shield within a reeded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | MRE. P. E. FEYDEAU DE BROU CONER. D`ETAT INTENDT. EN BRETAGNE. |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a detailed bird's-eye plan or map of the Île Feydeau, a man-made island development at Nantes, showing the elongated island's outline with surrounding waterways and building plots in relief. A Latin legend arcs around the upper field, with a two-line French inscription and date in the lower exergue. |
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