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Auction 120, Lot 634
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"Epirus hodie Canina cum Maris Ionii Insulis Corcyra seu Corfu Cephalenia seu Cefalogna etc.", Cluver, Philipp

Subject: Greece and Albania

Period: 1697 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10.2 x 8 inches
25.9 x 20.3 cm
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Attractive map of the northwestern coast of Greece and part of present-day Albania. The large allegorical title cartouche features a man with a book representing Wisdom, and Death with his sickle among the slain on a battlefield. On the island of Corfu, the verdant Garden of Alcinous is located (Alcinoi Horti). It was here that Odysseus had to wait until Nausicaa and her maidens reached her father’s house after he was washed ashore in the Odyssey.

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Condition: A+

Nice impression. Binding side margin is a little uneven.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $120

Closed on 7/18/2007

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