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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 154

Maps
Middle East
Persia
1722 Imperii Percici Delineatio, by Petrus Schenk; 24½ x 21¼ inches, old coloured.

A rare and detailed map of Persia, divided into coloured provinces. A drapery in the upper right corner contains the title cartouche. A classical boy carves the title on the bottom left hand side. These were used to publish the atlas "Atlas Contractus” between 1695 and 1705.

On stout laid paper, usual central reinforcement, small hole in top margin; generally good to fine. Photo

Estimate
SG$600 to SG$800