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Auction 101, Lot 409

"La Judee ou Terre Sainte, divisee en ses douze Tribus…", Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles

Subject: Holy Land

Period: 1778 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Universel

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.2 x 19 inches
58.9 x 48.3 cm
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Lovely map of Israel with a large inset map of the region showing the Wandering of the Children of Israel titled "Carte de la Terre de Canaan ou Terre Promise…" Second state of the original map issued in 1750 with the peninsula of Seboim added in the Dead Sea. Two ornate cartouches signed by Groux, thus indicating a 1778 or later publication date for this map.

References: Laor #667; Pedley #393.

Condition: B

Minor light foxing and light surface soil.

Estimate: $275 - $325

Sold for: $140

Closed on 12/4/2002

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