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Auction 185, Lot 616

"Syrie", Anon.

Subject: Middle East

Period: 1720 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
14.8 x 11.3 inches
37.6 x 28.7 cm
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Handsome copper engraved map of the regions filled with ancient place names, mountains, forests and rivers, with the Euphrates River prominently shown. The decorative title cartouche features a shell.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with the watermarks of a Strasbourg bend & lily and the initials "DWR." There is an extraneous crease adjacent to the centerfold with a very short archivally repaired separation, and a couple of tears along the edges of the sheet have been closed with tape.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Unsold

Closed on 11/17/2021

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