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Auction 131, Lot 735

"Geographiae Sacrae Tabula, quae Totius Orbis Partes Continet", Bossuet, Jacques Benigne

Subject: Mediterranean and Middle East

Period: 1755 (published)

Publication: Discours sur L'Histoire Universelle…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.5 x 5 inches
16.5 x 12.7 cm
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While this map covers nearly all of the Mediterranean, it focuses on the Holy Land and the Middle East. A small inset shows the wandering of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land. The map is based on Sanson's map of the same title.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $110 - $150

Sold for: $80

Closed on 3/17/2010

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