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Auction 100, Lot 443

"Mauretania et Numidia", Weigel, Christopher

Subject: Africa - Northern

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14.5 x 12.5 inches
36.8 x 31.8 cm
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Covers northwestern Africa from Bizerta to Cape Verde. Weigel assigned Ptolemaic place-names to then-current geography making this an interesting map. The interior is filled with an assembly of ancient coins and the title is engraved onto a stone block.

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Condition: B

Toned on centerfold with a few wormholes in blank margins.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $100

Closed on 9/12/2002

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