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Antique Map Auction Sale No. 133 - closed 9/1/2010

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Lot #664: "[Lot of 2] Royaume de Fez divise en sept Provinces… [and] Royaume de Maroc divise en sept Provinces &c." Nicolas Sanson

Antique map chart Lot of 2 Royaume de Fez divise en sept Provinces and
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Estimate:
$180.00 - $240.00
Sold for: $130.00

Lot 664
By: Nicolas Sanson
Subject: Morocco
Date: 1683

Publication: Geographische Historiche Beschryvingh der vier bekend Werelds-Deelen…

Condition: A
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Color: hand color

Size: 10.3 x 8 inches
26.2 x 20.4 cm

This matched pair of maps from a Dutch edition of Sanson's pocket atlas covers present-day Morocco, then the kingdoms of Fez and Morocco. The maps are filled with mountain ranges, oases, cities and villages and are ornamented with decorative cartouches.

Lightly toned with a few minor defects in the blank margins.

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