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Auction 105, Lot 497

"Oriens Persia, India &c", Cellarius, Christophorus

Subject: Southern Asia

Period: 1703 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
12.2 x 8 inches
31 x 20.3 cm
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Attractive small map of the region from the Mediterranean, Red and Black Seas to Indo China. The map is decorated with the large title cartouche filling the Indian Ocean and a graphic vignette in the upper right corner depicting the beheading of a prisoner by Ghengis Khan.

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Condition: A

Faint toning along centerfold.

Estimate: $80 - $120

Sold for: $80

Closed on 12/3/2003

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