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Auction 138, Lot 706

"Imperium Turcicum Complectens Europae, Asiae et Africae. Arabiae que Regiones ac Provincias Plurimas: Industria et Labore", Schenk, Pieter

Subject: Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East

Period: 1700 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.5 x 18.3 inches
57.2 x 46.5 cm
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This detailed map of the Ottoman Empire shows the extent of the empire from the Balkan peninsula through the Caspian Sea and from northern Africa through the Arabian Peninsula. The map is based on an earlier map by Sanson, with the original title cartouche at bottom partially covered by an inset depicting the kingdom of Algeria and the former country of Biledulgerid.

References: Tibbetts, G.R. #181.

Condition: B+

Original color on watermarked paper with a few faint spots and a minute wormhole in scale of miles cartouche. There is minor soiling in blank margins and a centerfold separation that enters 2" into map image at bottom that has been professionally repaired.

Estimate: $650 - $750

Sold for: $500

Closed on 12/7/2011

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