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Auction 116, Lot 725

"Carte des Douze Tribus d'Israel", Bonne/Lattre

Subject: Holy Land

Period: 1780 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Moderne

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.4 x 12 inches
44.2 x 30.5 cm
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This is a handsome map of the Holy Land divided into the twelve tribes of Israel. At left is a large decorative title cartouche featuring a rabbi and a cherub playing a harp, and at right is a text description of the region with five distance scales.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $130

Closed on 9/20/2006

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