Lot 249 , Richard Blome Map of the Estates of the Turkish Empire in Asia and Europe 1669 overall 12.5 x 17in.

Richard Blome
coloured engraving
Map of the Estates of the Turkish Empire in Asia and Europe 1669
overall 12.5 x 17in.
Estimate £50-70

Looks to be an old but probably not original version, 3 folds to the paper in line with once having been part of an album, acid stained around the edges particularly left and right sides, not laid down, paper undulates, colouring old and probably original to the print, looks a little faded, printed sanguine coloured parallel lines running around borders of the print and then continuing onto the cropped edges, irregularly cropped with approx 0.5 inch to each side and 0.75 inch top and bottom, under glass in a plain wooden frame.


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Sold for £60