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Auction 93, Lot 296

"Carte de la Situation du Paradis Terrestre, Et des Pais Habitez par les Patriarches Dressee pour bien entendre l'Histoire Sainte, Par Messire Pierre Daniel Huet", Mortier, Pierre

Subject: Near and Middle East

Period: 1700 (published)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.5 x 15.7 inches
47 x 39.9 cm
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Interesting map of the region from the Mediterranean through the Persian Gulf. Detail is omitted in favor of small Biblical depictions engraved within the map, including the Sermon on the Mount, Babylon, the Garden of Eden, Noah's Ark and others. Pictorial scale of miles surmounted by a lion and a lamb with a serpent in an apple tree in the background. Three tiny ships sail in the Persian Gulf with a compass rose.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $275 - $325

Sold for: $450

Closed on 12/6/2000

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