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Auction 98, Lot 404

"Tabula Aegypti Antiquae", Lattre, Jean

Subject: Egypt

Period: 1783 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12 x 17.2 inches
30.5 x 43.7 cm
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Large and finely engraved sheet with good detail along the Nile and the Red Sea recording place names, a desert trail and much more. Very decorative rococo-style cartouche, and five distance scales.

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Condition: B

A few light spots and a small water stain just into map.

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $30

Closed on 3/6/2002

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