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Auction 123, Lot 664

"Gezicht der Stadt en Have van Ptolemais in Fenicie", Calmet, Augustin

Subject: Middle East

Period: 1730 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16.8 x 10.5 inches
42.7 x 26.7 cm
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Fine copper engraved a Phoenician harbor city built by the great general Ptolemy showing the elaborate system of fortifications. Two galley ships are shown in the foreground.

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Condition: A

Minor soil in wide original margins.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $120

Closed on 2/20/2008

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