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Auction: 15040 - Antique Maps sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 168

Maps
Africa
Egypt
1660 (c.) Egypte moderne dict Chibet aujour-dhuy ..., by Philippe de la Rue; 21½ x 17¼ inches, hand-coloured.

Printed in chez Pierre Mariette (Paris). Engraved map on laid paper of Egypt and the western part of the Arabian Peninsula. Philippe de la Rue is known only by the fifteen maps of which he is the author, all on the Middle East and all published by Pierre Mariette between 1651 and 1653. This map of Egypt is even rarer it is not in the Pastoureau.

Small thin patch where a part of the central reinforcement has been removed, a few repaired small tears in the lower margin and some light even ageing. A good example of this early map. Photo

Estimate
SG$2,500 to SG$3,000