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Auction 120, Lot 677
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"Syria, Cypern, Palestina, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, zwey Arabia mit Bergen, Waesseren und Stetten", Munster/Petri

Subject: Middle East

Period: 1588 (circa)

Publication: Cosmographia Universalis

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14 x 12.1 inches
35.6 x 30.7 cm
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This woodblock, Ptolemaic map covers the region from the Mediterranean (with Cyprus prominently shown) to the Persian Gulf, and from southern Turkey to the Red Sea. Title in German above the map with two text blocks within the map. A tiny ship sails in the sea. German text and illustration on verso.

References: Laor #531.

Condition: B+

Fold separation in top centerfold just touching map border, closed with archival tape.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $160

Closed on 7/18/2007

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