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Auction 147, Lot 497

"Carte de la Grece Dressee sur un Grand Nombre de Memoires Anciens et Nouveaux...", Delisle, Guillaume

Subject: Greece, Balkans, & Turkey

Period: 1707 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
25.7 x 17.9 inches
65.3 x 45.5 cm
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This large, detailed map shows Greece and the western part of Turkey. It extends to show the boot of Italy, Albania, Macedonia, and part of Cyprus. Decorated with a lovely allegorical title cartouche that includes ruins, a figure in a yoke, and a winged old man.

References: Zacharakis #908.

Condition: B+

On watermarked paper with light scattered stains and minor toning.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $160

Closed on 11/20/2013

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