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Auction 120, Lot 771
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"Aegyptus Antiqua Mandato Serenissimi Delphini Publici Juris Facta", Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'

Subject: Egypt

Period: 1765 (dated)

Publication: Geographie ancienne

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.25 x 19.25 inches
31.1 x 48.9 cm
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Sharply engraved map showing the Nile River valley and the Red Sea as it was in the time of the ancients. The map shows the nomes, or administrative districts of Upper and Lower Egypt in a table to the left.

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Condition: A+

Superb impression on a strong sheet with only a tiny worm track in the lower right margin, well away from the map.

Estimate: $180 - $230

Sold for: $130

Closed on 7/18/2007

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