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Auction 116, Lot 739

"Sophorum Regnum", Cluver/Jansson

Subject: Persia - Iran

Period: 1661 (published)

Publication: Introductionis in Universam Geographicam

Color: Hand Color

Size:
7.5 x 6 inches
19.1 x 15.2 cm
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Charming small map of the Persian Empire covering the region from the Caucasus to India with part of the Arabian peninsula. There is nice detail of hundreds of tiny villages. Title is in a strapwork cartouche.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $110 - $150

Sold for: $80

Closed on 9/20/2006

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