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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 124 - closed 5/7/2008

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Lot #690: "In Notitiam Ecclesiasticam Africae Tabula Geographica" Guillaume Delisle

Antique map chart In Notitiam Ecclesiasticam Africae Tabula Geographic
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Estimate:
$300.00 - $400.00
Sold for: $220.00

Lot 690
By: Guillaume Delisle
Subject: Northern Africa & Western Mediterranean
Date: 1700

Publication: Atlas Geographique et Universel

Condition: A
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Color: hand color

Size: 25.5 x 19.3 inches
64.8 x 49.1 cm

This boldly engraved map focuses on the regions controlled by the Moors in northern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula in the latter part of the medieval period. The map displays good detail along the north African coast from Morocco to Libya. It also covers the western Mediterranean with the islands of Sardinia, Corsica, and the Balearics. Three decorative cartouches complete the composition. This is the rarely seen issue engraved by Joan Baptiste Liebaux - not the more common Covens & Mortier edition.

Excellent impression on a sheet with a very faint water spot at top.

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