Catalog Archive
Auction 130, Lot 686

"L'Empire du Sophy des Perses", Sanson, Nicolas Fils

Subject: Persia - Iran

Period: 1700 (published)

Publication: Description de tout l'Univers

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9.6 x 7.4 inches
24.4 x 18.8 cm
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This is a reduced version of the elder Sanson's map of the Persian Empire covering the region of present-day Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran with a part of the Arabian Peninsula. Engraved by A. d'Winter and decorated with a wreath-style cartouche.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $130 - $170

Unsold

Closed on 12/2/2009

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