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Auction 175, Lot 535

"Les Estats de l'Empire des Turqs en Asie", Sanson/Mariette

Subject: Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East

Period: 1667 (circa)

Publication: Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20.2 x 15.6 inches
51.3 x 39.6 cm
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The picture frame cartouche highlights this description of the Eastern Mediterranean, together with the Holy Land, Turkey, Armenia, the Black Sea, Georgia, Caucasus, etc. Only the western half of the Caspian Sea is shown, which appears in an east-west orientation. Engraved by Jean Somer.

References: cf. Pastoureau, SANSON V D [5].

Condition: B+

Contemporary outline color on paper with a large coat of arms watermark, light toning along the centerfold, and a couple of minor repairs in the blank margins.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $200

Closed on 11/13/2019

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