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Auction 172, Lot 681

"Carte Generale de la Partie Nord-Ouest de l'Afrique; ou Sont les Etats de Maroc, d'Alger, de Tunis et de Tripoli, le Fezzan et le Grand Desert de Sahara", Vivien de Saint Martin, Louis

Subject: Northern Africa

Period: 1826 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.2 x 10.1 inches
46.2 x 25.7 cm
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This map of northern Africa extends east to Egypt and south as far as Gambia and Lake Chad. There is very little detail within the Sahara Desert, with most information confined to the coasts. Surrounded in a keyboard-style border. Engraved by Giraldon-Bovinet.

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Condition: A

A bright sheet with a hint of soiling.

Estimate: $80 - $95

Sold for: $65

Closed on 4/17/2019

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