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Auction 197, Lot 28

"[Lot of 2] Theatrum Historicum ad Annum Christi Quadringentesimu in quo tum Imperii Romani tu Barbarorum Circumincolentiu Status ob Oculos Ponitur Pars Occidentalis [and] ... Pars Orientalis", Delisle, Guillaume

Subject: Ancient World

Period: 1705 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
25.7 x 19.1 inches
65.3 x 48.5 cm
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This two-sheet map illustrates the Roman Empire in the year 400 AD, and includes all of western Europe, northern Africa, and south-central Asia. The map is flanked by insets showing the modern world in Western and Eastern hemispheres. It is filled with extensive notations, including one indicates that a gold coin stamped with the effigy of Augustus Caesar was found in an American gold mine, confirming the probability that the Roman penetrated as far as the New World.

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Condition: A

Crisp impressions with contemporary outline color in the map and later color in the cartouches, on bright sheets with the Society of Jesus watermark, minor offsetting, soft creases in the top corners of each sheet, and light toning along the edges of the sheets.

Estimate: $475 - $600

Sold for: $350

Closed on 4/24/2024

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