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Mahogany box lined with several puzzle-cut maps. Inlaid inscription "Atlas" on the lid. Second half of the 19th century. Ref. 750

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Mahogany box lined with several puzzle-cut maps. Inlaid inscription "Atlas" on the lid. Second half of the 19th century. Ref. 750

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