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"Stalimene", Porcacchi, Tomaso
Subject: Lemnos, Greece
Period: 1605 (published)
Publication: L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo
Color: Black & White
Size:
5.5 x 4 inches
14 x 10.2 cm
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This elegantly engraved map of Lemnos features nice detail of the topography and identifies key cities, including Paleocastro (Myrina). It is decorated with an ornate title cartouche, compass rose, and several small sea monsters in the stippled sea. On a sheet of Italian text measuring 7.6 x 11.2".
See also lot 734 for Geoffrey King's Miniature Antique Maps that describes this map.
References: King (3rd ed.) #1572; Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #190-34.
Condition: A
A nice impression on a sheet with minor foxing along the edges.
Estimate: $110 - $140
Price: $80
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