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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 158

Maps
Middle East
Arabia
1669 A Generall Mapp of Arabia, with the Red Sea and Circumjacent lands, by Richard Blome after Sanson; 17½ x 14 inches, outline colour.

This example is from a rare late edition of the map, with a revised cartouche and coat of arms, with dedication to the Rt. Honorable William Viscount Brouncker of Lyons and Baron Brouncker of Neru Castle in the Kingdom of Ireland. The map demonstrates the naive engraving style characteristic of 17th Century English engravers, and features an elaborate heraldic cartouche with dedications to Blome's patrons, sailing ships and sea monsters. Blome's maps are important in the history of English Cartography.

Two vertical folds, fresh and fine. Photo

Estimate
SG$1,000 to SG$1,200