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description: This is a very decorative copper engraving which shows a
birds-eye view of the city of Algier with it's harbour, it's major
buildings and fortifications. It was published by Matthäus Merian in
1640, measures 22 x 35 cm (platesize) and is in good to fair condition. There is a crease in the upper margin (invisible when framed under a passepartout) and the centrefold has been backed with thin japanese paper from verso. From:
"Newe Archontologia Cosmica", 1640.
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