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Auction 143, Lot 623

"[Untitled - Sicily]", Raleigh, Walter (Sir)

Subject: Sicily, Italy

Period: 1680 (circa)

Publication: The History of the World

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.5 x 12 inches
39.4 x 30.5 cm
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This map of ancient Sicily depicts miniature bird's-eye views of major towns and a flaming Mt. Etna. The map features two large inset plans: the Siege in Syracuse (214-212 BC) during the Second Punic War in which the city fell to the Romans and thereby united all of Sicily as a Roman province; and a plan of Carthage, which was destroyed during the Third Punic War. William Hole engraved maps for Raleigh’s history, but there is no attribution on the map.

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Condition: B+

A slightly uneven impression on watermarked paper with professional repairs to a tear that just enters map at top and a large chip in right blank margin, with minor loss of neatline at right.

Estimate: $350 - $450

Sold for: $275

Closed on 2/13/2013

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