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Auction 178, Lot 414
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"In Notitiam Ecclesiasticam Africae Tabula Geographica", Delisle/Covens & Mortier

Subject: Western Mediterranean, Northern Africa

Period: 1740 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20.9 x 15.4 inches
53.1 x 39.1 cm
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This boldly engraved map focuses on the regions controlled by the Moors in northern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula in the latter part of the medieval period. The map displays good detail along the north African coast from Morocco to Libya. It also covers the western Mediterranean with the islands of Sardinia, Corsica, Malta, and the Balearics. Sicily features a smoking Mount Aetna. Three decorative cartouches and a compass rose complete the composition.

References: cf. Norwich #297.

Condition: A

Contemporary outline color on a watermarked sheet with printer's ink residue. There are damp stains along the sheet's edges, well away from the map image.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Unsold

Closed on 6/10/2020

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