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Auction 179, Lot 786
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"Vue de Tunis d'Alger & de Gigeri avec Quelques Particularitez Curieuses Touchant les Moeurs de Leurs Habitans & de Quelques Autres Peuples de Barbarie", Chatelain, Henry Abraham

Subject: Northern Africa

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Historique

Color: Black & White

Size:
16.9 x 14.3 inches
42.9 x 36.3 cm
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Very interesting and ornate series of views illustrating the cities and people of the Barbary Coast. At the top of the sheet are three views of Algiers; ships battling in the bay, a funeral scene and the execution of criminals by hurling them off of the battlement wall onto a giant hook. Along the bottom are three excellent views of the bays and towns of Gigery, Tripoli and Tunis. Flanking the central French text, six more vignettes focus on the inhabitants and their customs.

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Condition: A+

A sharp impression on a sheet with a Strasbourg bend and lily watermark.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $60

Closed on 9/16/2020

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