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Auction 176, Lot 563

"Geographiae Sacrae Tabula, quae Totius Orbis Partes Continet", Bossuet, Jacques Benigne

Subject: Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East

Period: 1755 (published)

Publication: Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
6.4 x 5.1 inches
16.3 x 13 cm
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While this map covers nearly all of the Mediterranean, it focuses on the Holy Land and the Middle East and includes a considerable amount of information for such a small map. A small inset shows the wandering of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression, issued folding, with a few spots of foxing in the blank margins.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Unsold

Closed on 2/12/2020

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