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Auction 116, Lot 58

"[Lot of 6]", Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'

Subject: World Miscellany

Period: 1799 (published)

Publication: A Complete Body of Ancient Geography

Color: Hand Color

Size:
24 x 19.5 inches
61 x 49.5 cm
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Six maps from this interesting atlas of historical maps with both the ancient and modern names given for places. Published by Laurie & Whittle. Lot also includes the title page.

1) Gallia Antiqua ex Aevi Romani Monumentis Eruta...
2) Tabula Italiae Antiqua Geographica...
3) Asiae quae Vulgo Minor dicitur, et Syriae...
4) Britannia Antiquae Tabula Geographica ex Aevi Romani Monumentis...
5) Graeciae Pars Septentrionalis...
6) Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the British Isles, in an intermediate State, between Ancient and Modern Geography.

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Condition: D

Original outline color. Would greatly benefit from simple, but professional cleaning and repair. All toned with some offsetting, damp stains, chipped margins and fold separations.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $75

Closed on 9/20/2006

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