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Auction 101, Lot 420

"Carte de la Route de M. Zurabek, Ambassadeur de S.M. Polonoise a Cha-Ussein Roi de Perse…", Delisle, Guillaume

Subject: Caucasus and Iran

Period: 1722 (dated)

Publication: Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.5 x 6 inches
16.5 x 15.2 cm
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Copper engraved map showing the route of the Polish ambassador to Persia from Chamakie (Makhachkala) to Esfahan. Garland style title cartouche. The map also shows the Jesuit missions and was published in a Jesuit report in 1780.

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Condition: A

Folds as issued.

Estimate: $75 - $100

Sold for: $70

Closed on 12/4/2002

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