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Auction 103, Lot 461

"[Lot of 2] Carte de l 'Assyrie et de la Babylonie suivant cette Histoire [together with] Carte du Pays ou probablement a ete le Paradis Terrestre…", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Iraq

Period: 1750 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
7.5 x 7.5 inches
19.1 x 19.1 cm
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Nice pair of maps detailing the region of present day Iraq. First shows the historical region of Assyria and Babylonia and the second locates the Garden of Eden on the Euphrates River.

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Condition: B

First is good with a bit of minor foxing and close binding trim. Second is fair with scattered foxing and binder's trim into neatline at bottom and part of right margin.

Estimate: $100 - $140

Sold for: $75

Closed on 6/11/2003

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