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Auction 183, Lot 435

"Carte Genealogique des Seconds Rois de Naples et de Sicile, les Branches Quils ont Formees, Leurs Alliances, Leur Armes, la Carte de Leurs Etats, avec des Remarques sur Histoire", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Southern Italy & Sicily

Period: 1708 (published)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Hand Color

Size:
36.3 x 14.5 inches
92.2 x 36.8 cm
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This interesting engraving features two maps (5.7 x 4.8") of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples. The sheet is dominated by elaborate family trees and coats of arms detailing the royal houses of Sicily and Naples. Printed on two joined sheets, as issued.

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Condition: A

A sharp impression on bright, deckle-edged sheets, issued folding with a tiny hole in the image at bottom center and light foxing in the bottom blank margin. There is soiling and chipping along the edges of the sheets.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $100

Closed on 6/9/2021

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