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Auction 161, Lot 588
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"Imperii Orientalis et Circumjacentium Regionum sub Constantino Porphyrogenito et ejus Praedecessoribus Descriptio...", Delisle/Dezauche

Subject: Eastern & Southern Europe

Period: 1787 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
25 x 18.7 inches
63.5 x 47.5 cm
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This handsome map is based upon Delisle's earlier edition and focuses on the Byzantine Empire as it was during the reign of Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos. It covers present-day Balkans and Turkey and extends to include portions of Italy, Ukraine, and Russia. Provinces, towns and cities, rivers, and some topographical detail are shown. The Black Sea prominently appears.

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Condition: B

On watermarked paper with extraneous creasing adjacent to the centerfold at left and right and faint color offsetting. Light damp stains and a small chip are confined to the blank margins.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $70

Closed on 2/8/2017

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