Dec 07, 2023 - Sale 2655

Sale 2655 - Lot 98

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 700
(MIDDLE EAST.) Two seventeenth-century double-page engraved maps. Amsterdam, circa 1650

Additional Details

- Willem Blaeu. Persia Sive Sophorum Regnum. Double-page engraved map of modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Persian Gulf. 16 1/2x21 3/4 inches sheet size, ample margins, Dutch text on verso; original hand-color; foxing, mat line. Amsterdam, circa 1640.

- Johannes Janssonius. Alexandri Magni Macedonis Expeditio. Double-page engraved map of the Persian Empire conquered by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. 19x22 1/2 inches sheet size, wide margins, blank verso; hand-colored in outline; mat toned. Amsterdam, circa 1652.