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"Isfahan", Merian, Matthaus

Subject: Isfahan, Iran

Period: 1695 (circa)

Publication: Vermehrte Archontologia Cosmica

Color: Black & White

Size:

15 x 11.6 inches
38.1 x 29.5 cm

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A superb bird's-eye view of the sprawling city of Isfahan. A banner at bottom features a lettered key identifying nearly 20 locations in the view. Four soldiers from the city congregate at bottom left. Published in Johann Ludwig Gottfried's Vermehrte Archontologia Cosmica.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) G.GOTT-1b #121.

Condition: A

A sharp impression, issued folding on a bright sheet with some staining confined to the blank margins and a cut along the top edge of the sheet, well away from the image.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $375

Closed on 11/18/2020

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"Isfahan", Merian, Matthaus

Subject: Isfahan, Iran

Period: 1695 (circa)

Publication: Vermehrte Archontologia Cosmica

Color: Black & White

Size:

15 x 11.6 inches
38.1 x 29.5 cm

A superb bird's-eye view of the sprawling city of Isfahan. A banner at bottom features a lettered key identifying nearly 20 locations in the view. Four soldiers from the city congregate at bottom left. Published in Johann Ludwig Gottfried's Vermehrte Archontologia Cosmica.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) G.GOTT-1b #121.

Condition: A

A sharp impression, issued folding on a bright sheet with some staining confined to the blank margins and a cut along the top edge of the sheet, well away from the image.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $375

Closed on 11/18/2020

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"Isfahan", Merian, Matthaus

Subject: Isfahan, Iran

Period: 1695 (circa)

Publication: Vermehrte Archontologia Cosmica

Color: Black & White

Size:

15 x 11.6 inches38.1 x 29.5 cm

A superb bird's-eye view of the sprawling city of Isfahan. A banner at bottom features a lettered key identifying nearly 20 locations in the view. Four soldiers from the city congregate at bottom left. Published in Johann Ludwig Gottfried's Vermehrte Archontologia Cosmica.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) G.GOTT-1b #121.

Condition: A

A sharp impression, issued folding on a bright sheet with some staining confined to the blank margins and a cut along the top edge of the sheet, well away from the image.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $375

Closed on 11/18/2020

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15 x 11.6 inches
38.1 x 29.5 cm