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Auction 112, Lot 686

"Fessae Regnum", Mercator/Hondius

Subject: Northwestern Africa

Period: 1610 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Minor

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.5 x 6 inches
19.1 x 15.2 cm
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Charming small map of Morocco and part of Algeria extending south to Beninia and Nussini. Embellished with a strapwork title cartouche and a sailing ship. Latin text on verso.

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Condition: A

Title and page number overprinted in top border. Faint damp stains in blank margins.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $150

Closed on 9/28/2005

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