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Auction 120, Lot 727
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"Carte de la Georgie et des Pays Situes Entre de la Mer Noire et la Mer Caspienne…", Santini, P.

Subject: Caucasus

Period: 1775 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
26 x 19 inches
66 x 48.3 cm
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Striking, large-scale map of the area between the Black and Caspian Seas displays political divisions and delicately engraved topography. It is based on a 1766 map by Joseph Nicholas Delisle, as credited in the ornate cartouche. There are two gold mines noted just south of Trabzon (Trapizoni).

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Condition: B

Sharp impression and original outline color on very strong paper. The map has some toning on the centerfold, still a nice map.

Estimate: $375 - $425

Sold for: $200

Closed on 7/18/2007

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