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Auction 92, Lot 320

"Persia Sive Sophorum Regnum", Blaeu, Willem

Subject: Persia

Period: 1634 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.5 x 14.7 inches
49.5 x 37.3 cm
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Handsome map of the Persian Empire fully engraved with mountains, rivers and placenames. The map is richly embellished with a title cartouche surmounted by three Persian gentlemen, a ship sailing in the Indian Ocean and a coat of arms in the dedication cartouche.

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Condition: A

Lovely original outline color in the map with fully colored cartouches. Bit of tape stain on paper edges, well away from image.

Estimate: $400 - $450

Sold for: $550

Closed on 9/13/2000

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