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Auction 131, Lot 695

"A New Map of the Islands of the Aegaean Sea, Together with The Island of Crete and the Adjoining Isles", Wells, Edward

Subject: Greece

Period: 1714 (published)

Publication: A New Sett of Maps both of Antient and Present Geography

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14.5 x 19.4 inches
36.8 x 49.3 cm
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This great English map focuses on the Aegean Sea and its remarkably large number of islands. The large title cartouche is surmounted with the coat of arms of William Duke of Gloucester, who was Wells' student at Oxford. Engraved by Sutton Nichols.

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Condition: A+

Estimate: $200 - $275

Sold for: $150

Closed on 3/17/2010

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