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Auction 102, Lot 436

"Scena Historiarum Orientalis Quinti Seculi…", Weigel, Christopher

Subject: Near and Middle East

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Historiarum Orientalis Quinti…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16 x 12.5 inches
40.6 x 31.8 cm
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Copper engraved map of the region between Greece and India including the Black and Caspian seas and Libya, Egypt and part of Arabia. Inset is a map of the Eastern Hemisphere. Filled with detail.

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Condition: B

Toned along centerfold with a couple of tiny tears in blank margins. A few place names underlined in manuscript brown ink.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $210

Closed on 3/5/2003

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