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Auction 138, Lot 667

"Accurata Totius Archipelagi et Graeciae Universae Tabula…", Wit, Frederick de

Subject: Greece

Period: 1680 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
21 x 17 inches
53.3 x 43.2 cm
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This is a lovely map of the Greek archipelago, extending up to Albania and Macedonia in the north. A figurative cartouche with a classical theme balances the composition.

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Condition: B+

Original color on watermarked paper with marginal soiling and a few professionally repaired centerfold separations.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $250

Closed on 12/7/2011

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