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Auction 99, Lot 485

"Aegyptus", Magini, Giovanni Antonio

Subject: Egypt

Period: 1621 (circa)

Publication: Ptolemeus' Geographia

Color: Black & White

Size:
6.8 x 5 inches
17.3 x 12.7 cm
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Attractive small map of the Nile valley filled with detail of the pyramids, cities, mountains, towns and oasis. Engraved in the Italian style with a stippled sea. On a full sheet of Italian text.

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Condition: A

Slightly weak impression in lower right border. Light stains in margins.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $90

Closed on 6/12/2002

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