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Auction 130, Lot 653

"Turquie en Asie, Suivant les Nouvelles Observations…", Aa, Pieter van der

Subject: Middle East

Period: 1729 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.8 x 8.8 inches
30 x 22.4 cm
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Small, decorative map of the region from Romania to the Caucasus, and from the Nile Delta to the Persian Gulf. It is filled with detail and notations. The large pictorial cartouche features a warrior riding a camel with a city in the background.

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Condition: A

Narrow (1/8") top margin at left, as issued.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $120

Closed on 12/2/2009

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