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Lot 379
Sale 697 - Fine Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Nov 6, 2019
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$400 -
500
Price Realized
$688
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Lot Description
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Geographia Sacra. Antwerp, ca 1598 or later.
Engraved map of the Holy Land with hand-coloring, visible area 14 x 19 in. (355 x 482 mm), matted and framed (unexamined out of frame). Inset map of the world, three decorative cartouches, one describing Ophir, the mythical land where Solomon obtained gold to build his temple in Jerusalem.
Property from the Estate of Richardson and Janice Spofford, Chicago, Illinois