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Auction 131, Lot 739

"Alexandri Magni Imperium et Expeditio…", Delisle/Buache

Subject: Near and Middle East

Period: 1745 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
32.3 x 18 inches
82 x 45.7 cm
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This large engraved chart details the extent of Alexander the Great's conquests between his homeland in Macedonia through the Persian Empire and into northern Africa. Two sheets, joined as issued.

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Condition: B+

Nice impression and original outline color with some minor abrasions along an extraneous fold just east of the Caspian Sea.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for: $150

Closed on 3/17/2010

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