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"[Lot of 2] Partie de Turquie en Europe [and] Turquie en Europe", Various

Subject: Greece and Balkans

Period: 1686-95 (circa)

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Partie de Turquie en Europe, by Nicolas Sanson, circa 1695, outline color, (9.5 x 7.2"). Despite the title this small map is of Greece, including the islands in the Aegean and Crete. Ornamented with a strapwork title cartouche. Engraved by A. d' Winter. Turquie en Europe, by A. Mallet, from a German edition of Description de l'Univers, circa 1686, BW, (4 x 5.7"). This little map covers the entire region showing the mountains and rivers, but no place names. Decorative cartouche.

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Condition: A

First with light surface soil and damp stains margins. Second fine.

Estimate: $180 - $220

Unsold

Closed on 9/10/2003

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