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Auction 48 · Lot 326

(M. Guerdeville. Atlas Historique). Habillementsdes Arabes & des Juifs qui sont au Caire [“The Dress of the Jews and Arabs of Cairo.”]. Single plate. Engraved illustrations of Egyptian Muslim and Jewish male and female depicting distinctive costume.

Estimate
$100–$150
Hammer price
$100

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(COSTUME).

Place

(Amsterdam, 1719).

summary

These etchings first appeared in slightly larger format in Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, (Delft, 1698). See Rubens, Jewish Iconography nos. 756-9.
ff. (2). Few light stains in places, central strike-mark. Matted.
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