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Auction 182, Lot 723

"Vue de Tunis d'Alger & de Gigeri avec Quelques Particularitez Curieuses Touchant les Moeurs de Leurs Habitans & de Quelques Autres Peuples de Barbarie", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Tunis, Tunisia

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17 x 14.4 inches
43.2 x 36.6 cm
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Very interesting and ornate series of views illustrating the cities and people of the Barbary Coast. At the top of the sheet are three views of Algiers; ships battling in the bay, a funeral scene and the execution of criminals by hurling them off of the battlement wall onto a giant hook. Along the bottom are three excellent views of the bays and towns of Gigery, Tripoli and Tunis. Flanking the central French text, six more vignettes focus on the inhabitants and their customs.

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Condition: B+

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with a Strasbourg Bend & Lily watermark, minor toning along the centerfold, and marginal soiling. There are some short edge tears, only one of which enters the image, that have been closed on verso with cello tape.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $90

Closed on 4/28/2021

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