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Auction 138, Lot 711

"Natolia, quae olim Asia Minor", Blaeu, (Family)

Subject: Turkey

Period: 1640 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.5 x 15 inches
49.5 x 38.1 cm
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This handsome map of present-day Turkey includes several Aegean Islands and Cyprus prominently shown in the south. A fierce sea battle rages in the Mediterranean along with curious looking sea monsters. Two winged female creatures suspend the banner style title cartouche, and the map is further decorated with a surveyor holding an unusual vertical scale of miles. Latin text on verso.

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Condition: A

Old color and wide margins with marginal soiling and a few minute tears in blank margins, far from map image.

Estimate: $400 - $500

Sold for: $300

Closed on 12/7/2011

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