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Auction 145, Lot 665
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"De Stadt Antiochie in Syrie aan den Orontes", Calmet, Augustin

Subject: Antioch, Turkey

Period: 1725 (circa)

Publication: Het Algemeen Groot Historisch … Woord-Boek, van den Gantschen H. Bijbel

Color: Black & White

Size:
16.5 x 11.1 inches
41.9 x 28.2 cm
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This copper engraving is from Calmet's encyclopaedic dictionary on all aspects of the history, geography and culture of the Bible and Biblical times. The engraving shows a bird's-eye view of the ancient walled city of Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, as it appeared in 1630. Antioch was the third largest city in the Greco-Roman world, behind Rome and Alexandria. Today Antioch is known as Hatay (Antakya) in Turkey.

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Condition: A

A fine impression on watermarked paper with wide, original margins. There is a crease adjacent to centerfold and minor tears and chips along sheet edges.

Estimate: $100 - $120

Sold for: $75

Closed on 6/12/2013

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