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PALMA, Gaetano. Carte de la plus grande partie de la Turquie d'Europe. Trieste: 1811. Engraved map by Joseph Zuliani on 2 sheets divided into 18 sections, text in French and Greek, hand-coloured in outline, with inset map of Morea, mounted on linen and folding into slipcase (a little browning), 784 x 1085mm. Contemporary green glazed-paper case tooled in gilt with Napoleonic crest of an eagle and coronet at centre, a bee at corners, and repeated coronet on spine (worn at extremities). Provenance: Don Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese, Prince of Sulmona (1775-1832, husband of Pauline Bonaparte; bookplate and case). Atabey 1365 (illustrated).
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PALMA, Gaetano. Carte de la plus grande partie de la Turquie d'Europe. Trieste: 1811. Engraved map by Joseph Zuliani on 2 sheets divided into 18 sections, text in French and Greek, hand-coloured in outline, with inset map of Morea, mounted on linen and folding into slipcase (a little browning), 784 x 1085mm. Contemporary green glazed-paper case tooled in gilt with Napoleonic crest of an eagle and coronet at centre, a bee at corners, and repeated coronet on spine (worn at extremities). Provenance: Don Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese, Prince of Sulmona (1775-1832, husband of Pauline Bonaparte; bookplate and case). Atabey 1365 (illustrated).

Closed29 September 2011

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PALMA, Gaetano. Carte de la plus grande partie de la Turquie d'Europe. Trieste: 1811. Engraved map by Joseph Zuliani on 2 sheets divided into 18 sections, text in French and Greek, hand-coloured in outline, with inset map of Morea, mounted on linen and folding into slipcase (a little browning), 784 x 1085mm. Contemporary green glazed-paper case tooled in gilt with Napoleonic crest of an eagle and coronet at centre, a bee at corners, and repeated coronet on spine (worn at extremities). Provenance: Don Camillo Filippo Ludovico Borghese, Prince of Sulmona (1775-1832, husband of Pauline Bonaparte; bookplate and case). Atabey 1365 (illustrated).