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Auction 111, Lot 541

"[Sardinia, Sicily and the Boot of Italy]", Faden, William

Subject: Italy & Sardinia

Period: 1840 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
43.5 x 25 inches
110.5 x 63.5 cm
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This map is the lower half of a 2-sheet map that shows Sardinia, Sicily, the Barbary Coast of Africa, and the southern portion of Italy to include Naples. Topography is nicely developed and an abundance of detail is shown. The waters between Sicily and N. Africa are labeled African Sea. Full border at bottom and both sides. Published by Wyld.

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Condition: B

Printed on thick paper, folding as issued with some offsetting. Upper fold is reinforced on verso with archival tissue.

Estimate: $120 - $180

Sold for: $130

Closed on 6/8/2005

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