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A View of the City of Antioch upon the Orontes. In the condition wherein it was in 1680.

  • ARTIST: Antoine Augustin Calmet

  • PUBLISHER: Published in London by J.J. and P. Knapton.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1729.

  • EDITION SIZE: image size 11 1/8 x 16 1/2" (2.8.3 x 42 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: A view of the ancient city of Antioch located on the Orontes river in southern Turkey. A numbered key identifies four locations.<br><br> Antoine Augustin Calmet, O.S.B. (1672-1757) was a French Benedictine monk and theologian. In 1720 he authored “Dictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, geographique et litteral de la Bible” (Paris, two vols. folio). This work was translated into English and published in London.

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  • CONDITION: Good condition.

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