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Auction 114, Lot 497

"A New and Accurate Map of Turkey in Europe, Drawn from the Best Authorities…", Lodge, John

Subject: Europe - Southeastern

Period: 1770 (dated)

Publication: Gentleman's Magazine

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.7 x 8.5 inches
24.6 x 21.6 cm
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Copper engraved map extending from the Ionian Sea to the Black Sea and including Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, Transylvania and part of Hungary. Crisply engraved and filled with detail. Adorned with a very decorative rococo-style cartouche. The map is bound in its original Supplement to the Year 1770 (44 pp).

References: Jolly GENT-205.

Condition: A

Dark, early impression on thick hand-laid paper. Short binding trim bottom right.

Estimate: $100 - $120

Sold for: $75

Closed on 3/1/2006

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