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Auction 178, Lot 424

"Carte Genealogique de la Suite des Empereurs d'Orient de Trebisonde d'Andrinople et Ottomans Comme Aussi des Rois de Ierusalem, de Cypre et d Armenie, et Leurs Alliances", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East, Heraldry

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Black & White

Size:
37.5 x 15.1 inches
95.3 x 38.4 cm
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This uncommon and elaborate sheet delineates the complex genealogy of the Ottoman Empire's royal families and their coats of arms. A small map, Carte de l'Empire des Turcs en Europe et Asie (7.2 x 4.0"), centers on the Eastern Mediterranean and spans from Greece to Iraq. Printed on 2 joined sheets, as issued.

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Condition: A

A dark impression on paper with the Strasbourg Bend & Lily watermark. There is printer's ink residue, minor offsetting, and a couple small rust spots.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $180

Closed on 6/10/2020

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