May 29 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2706 -

Sale 2706 - Lot 106

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(HOLY LAND.) Johann Bongars; after Pietro Vesconte. Partia Extendit ult Yygri Usque ad Indu Fluvium u India t'miat et Claudit Itrase Assyriam. Double-page engraved map of Cyprus, the Nile River, the Levant and Mesopotamia, copied from Vesconte's medieval portolan. Watermarked laid paper, 13¼x15¼ inches sheet size, wide margins; light age toning and dampstain, short edge closures; attractively framed in gilt by Eli Wilner. Hanau, 1611