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Auction 175, Lot 555

"Suite de la Genealogie ou Chronologie des Rois Patriarches et Prophetes du Troisieme Periode du Monde", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Holy Land

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Black & White

Size:
18.3 x 14.6 inches
46.5 x 37.1 cm
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This intriguing folio sheet contains two maps of the Holy Land with text and family trees describing the region during Biblical times. The upper map shows the region from Alexandrie and Antioche in present-day Syria to the Nile Delta and includes Cyprus and part of the Arabian desert. The bottom map focuses on Palestine with north oriented to the right.

References: Laor #211.

Condition: A+

A crisp impression issued folding, now flat, on paper with a Strasbourg bend and lily watermark.

Estimate: $180 - $210

Sold for: $130

Closed on 11/13/2019

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