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Auction 128, Lot 773
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"Nova Persiae, Armeniae, Natoliae et Arabiae", Wit, Frederick de

Subject: Middle East, Arabia

Period: 1680 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21.8 x 18.5 inches
55.4 x 47 cm
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This splendid map of the Middle East covers from Turkey and Egypt to Afghanistan with the Arabian peninsula prominently shown. The Arabian detail is based on Sanson's map of 1654 and was one of the largest scale and best detailed maps of the region until the mid-eighteenth century. The decorative title cartouche features several exotic figures, animals and a merchant ship. A mapmaker works atop the scale of miles cartouche.

References: Tibbetts #121.

Condition: A

Superb color with a few minor spots in the blank margins.

Estimate: $600 - $700

Sold for: $475

Closed on 5/20/2009

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