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Auction 194, Lot 591

"Mesopotamia cum Parte Babyloniae", Bocharti, Samuelis

Subject: Iraq

Period: 1712 (published)

Publication: Geographia Sacra, seu Phaleg et Canaan

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.8 x 10.6 inches
19.8 x 26.9 cm
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This is a very uncommon map from the work of the Protestant minister and oriental scholar Samuel Bochart (1599-1667). The map presents the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and their tributaries and locates ancient Babylon. Several place names are given in Latin, Greek and Hebrew. It is decorated with a title cartouche featuring merchants and a small vignette of a pair of lions.

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Condition: A+

A dark impression on a clean sheet. Fine.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $180

Closed on 9/13/2023

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