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Auction 184, Lot 562

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"Graecia Nova et Mare Aegeum S. Archipelagus, in qua Mappa Macedonia, Albania, Epirus Thessalia et Morea, cum Circumjacentibus Insulis...", Lotter, Tobias Conrad

Subject: Greece

Period: 1760 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22.5 x 19.4 inches
57.2 x 49.3 cm
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This densely detailed map covers all of Greece, much of the Aegean Sea, and parts of Albania and Turkey. Large cities are depicted as miniature bird's-eye plans and smaller cities are shown as tiny castles. The decorative title cartouche features Athena, a Turkish warrior, and trade goods from the region.

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Condition: B+

Full contemporary color with light toning along the centerfold, a printer's crease adjacent to the centerfold, and soiling that is mostly confined to the blank margins.

Estimate: $300 - $400

Sold for: $100

Closed on 9/15/2021

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