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Auction 131, Lot 669
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"[2 sheets] Troisieme Partie de la Carte d'Europe Contenant le midi de la Russie, la Pologne et la Hongrie, la Turquie y compris celle d'Asie presquentiere", Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'

Subject: Eastern Europe and the Near East

Period: 1760 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
32 x 20 inches
81.3 x 50.8 cm
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Two sheets, unjoined, make up this large detailed map of Eastern Europe and the Near East. It covers from the Baltic Sea in the north to Moscow, and from Greece through the Holy Land and to Iraq in the south. The top sheet includes a large title cartouche flanked by two gentlemen. The map is extremely detailed with information on the roads, rivers, political boundaries, cities and towns. Measurement is per sheet.

References:

Condition: B+

Original outline color with some faint toning along centerfolds. There is an old repaired tear extending 2" into the bottom of the lower sheet and some other marginal tears in the same region.

Estimate: $400 - $500

Sold for: $750

Closed on 3/17/2010

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