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Embroidery.- The Map of Europe

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Embroidery.- The Map of Europe, J. Cockin Sep.r ye 30th 1785,
from the Icy Sea above Scandinavia to Biledulgerid in North Africa, and from Coimbra and Cape Finistere. on the Iberian peninsula to Russia or Muscovy, in the north, and the Red Sea, in the south, title banderole above, compass in North Atlantic by Iceland, various place names throughout, silk embroidered map on stretched linen, 475 x 335mm., a small wormhole affecting Little Tartary, a few others in the lower margin, otherwise well preserved, in antique black and gilt frame, 1785.

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Maps & Atlases
6:00 AM PT - Mar 27th, 2008

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Bloomsbury Auctions

Bloomsbury House
Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP
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