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Auction 109, Lot 342

"Carte de l'Europe Suivant les plus Nouvelles Observations de Messieurs de l'Academie des Sciences et des Principaux Geographes avec des Tables et de Nouvelles Instructions tres Utiles et tres Curieuses pour l'Intelligence d l'Histoire", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Europe

Period: 1704 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique et Methodique

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.2 x 18 inches
58.9 x 45.7 cm
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Handsome map of Europe with extensive tables listing more than 175 kingdoms/nations with the name of its main city. Extends to include Iceland, all of Russia, the Black Sea, and Northern Africa with good detail throughout. Beautifully engraved in Chatelain's crisp style.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $300 - $350

Sold for: $220

Closed on 12/1/2004

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