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Auction 117, Lot 698

"[Lot of 7 - Mediterranean and Middle East]", Cellarius, Christophorus

Subject: Mediterranean and Middle East

Period: 1785 (circa)

Publication: Geographia Antiqua: being a Complete Set of Maps of Antient Geography

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Size:
12 x 8 inches
30.5 x 20.3 cm
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Nice group of maps engraved by William Henry Toms and Richard William Seale. First is colored, other are uncolored.

1) Oriens Persia, India &c.
2) Aegyptus et Cyrenaica
3) Aegypti Delta et Nili Ostia
4) Sicilia Antiqua
5) Bosporus, Maeotis, Iberia, Albania, et Sarmatia Asiatica
6) Palaestina sev Terra Sancta
7) Arabia, Petraea et Deserta

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Condition: B

All lightly toned with brittle and torn margins. Margins trimmed but still adequate for framing. #6 with a chip in right margin with paper laid in with archival tape and slight loss of neatline.

Estimate: $200 - $275

Sold for: $130

Closed on 12/6/2006

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