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Auction 172, Lot 525
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"Accurata Totius Archipelagi et Graeciae Universae Tabula...", Wit, Frederick de

Subject: Greece

Period: 1680 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20.9 x 17.1 inches
53.1 x 43.4 cm
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This is a lovely map of the Greek archipelago, extending up to Albania and Macedonia in the north. A figurative cartouche with a classical theme balances the composition. Manuscript page number 78 is noted outside the neatline at top right.

References:

Condition: B+

Full contemporary color with light toning and a small stain at top right. There is both a 2.5" centerfold separation and 1.5" edge tear at bottom that have been closed on verso with hinge tape. A few extraneous creases adjacent to the centerfold have also been reinforced on verso with hinge tape.

Estimate: $300 - $375

Sold for: $220

Closed on 4/17/2019

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