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Auction 115, Lot 648
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"Descriptio Paradisi, et Terrae Canaan Regionumque a Patriarchis primum habitatarum", Halma, Francois

Subject: Near and Middle East

Period: 1709 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13 x 8.3 inches
33 x 21.1 cm
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Nice map displays the Middle East from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. The Garden of Eden is located in present-day Iraq, near the city of Babylon. Abraham's journey from Ur is shown. The title cartouche features the serpent in the apple tree.

References: Poortman & Augusteijn #166.

Condition: A+

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $150

Closed on 6/21/2006

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