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"[Lot of 2] Partie de Barbarie ou est le Royaume d'Alger... [and] Partie de Barbarie ou sont les Royaumes de Tunis, et Tripoli...", Sanson, Nicolas

Subject: Northern Africa

Period: 1656 (dated)

Publication: L'Atlas d'Afrique...

Color: Hand Color

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This matched pair of maps was issued in Sanson's pocket atlas of Africa and cover the northern coast of Africa including Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. The maps are fully engraved with mountains and oases, and decorated with strapwork title cartouches.

A. Partie de Barbarie ou est le Royaume d'Alger..., (10.1 x 7.5").
B. Partie de Barbarie ou sont les Royaumes de Tunis, et Tripoli... (11.2 x 7.4").

References: Pastoureau, SANSON I A #4 & #5.

Condition: A

Crisp impressions on watermarked paper with remnants of hinge tape along the top sheet edge.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $110

Closed on 11/18/2020

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