NO RESERVE DISCOVERY ANTIQUE AUCTION
Sep 27, 2020
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USA
140 58th St. Building B, Unit 5G Brooklyn, NY 11220
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LOT 370:
A COPPER PLATE ENGRAVING BY F.L. NORDEN CA 1755
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Sold for: $30
Start price:
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Estimated price:
$100 - $150
Auction house commission: 28%
sales tax: 8.88% On the full lot's price and commission
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A COPPER PLATE ENGRAVING BY F.L. NORDEN CA 1755
A copper engraved map of old and new Alexandria and ports. Numbered top right with "I". With handwritten pencil marks below. Frederic Louis Norden (1708-1742) traveled through Egypt in 1737-1738 at the request of the Danish king Christian VI. Norden took many notes and made drawings of everything that surrounded him, including people, monuments of the pharaohs, architecture, maps. All this was published in the posthumous "Travels in Egypt and Nubia". The work of Frederick Norden is one of the first attempts to fully investigate Egyptian culture and architecture.
Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 13 3/4 in., (49.5 x 35 cm.)
Condition: Overall condition is good.
