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Auction 125, Lot 743

"Persia Nuova Tavola", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Persia - Iran

Period: 1591 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.8 x 7.1 inches
24.9 x 18 cm
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Italian edition of this finely engraved map centered on the Persian empire and the region around the Caspian Sea and extending to the Persian Gulf. Italian text on verso.

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Condition: A

Nice impression and full margins. There is some thinness along the centerfold where the backstrap has been removed.

Estimate: $100 - $150

Sold for: $70

Closed on 9/24/2008

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