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Auction 120, Lot 709

"Carte des Douze Tribus d'Israel", Bonne/Lattre

Subject: Holy Land

Period: 1771 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Moderne

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.3 x 12.1 inches
43.9 x 30.7 cm
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This is a handsome map of the Holy Land on both sides of the Jordan River and divided into the twelve tribes of Israel. At left is a large decorative title cartouche featuring a rabbi and a cherub playing a harp, and at right is a text description of the region with five distance scales.

References: Laor #120.

Condition: A

Original outline color with a bit of minor foxing in margins.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $110

Closed on 7/18/2007

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