Lot 139
This lot is subject to Artist's Resale right
Estienne MICHALET
(Publisher)
LES DESERTS D’EGYPTE, DE THEBAIDE D’ARABIE, DE SIRIE, & C.
Paris, c.1693
copper engraving – Outline
hand coloured
56 x 77 cm (not including
margins)
Provenance
private collection, Cyprus
Literature
Stylianou 151
Exhibited
Estimate
€ 350 – 550
Notes
Map showing Egypt and the Nile, Syria, part of Saudi Arabia and Cyprus published by Michalet in Paris.
This map is not focus on the accuracy of the topography, but it rather focuses on the lives of several saints highlighting important places and events.